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KALYANI
CHAWLA
ThefaceofChristian
Diorforovera decade
andfounderofa luxury
silverwarebusinessin
Delhi,Chawlahaslong
been an art and fashion
afi cionado. In ‘25
maximalists you need
to know’, page 118, she
talks to Giambattista
Valli about his love
for India, couture and
everything in between.
KUSHAKAPILA
Froma deskieata webportaltoa social-media
sensationrecognisedforherfictionalandnon-
fictionalcharacters,thisDelhi-basedmulti-hyphenate
is Instagram’sdarling.In‘Forcesoffashion’,page144,
shetalkstocoverstarDiljitDosanjhabouthislove
forLouisVuitton,BalenciagaandPradaandbeinga
true-bluelabelloyalist.
MELISSA
MARRAALVAREZ
Curator of education and research at
New York’s Museum at FIT, Marra-
Alvarez has organised the upcoming
exhibit, Minimalism/Maximalism, as
part of the venue’s 50th anniversary
shows. A writer, researcher and cat-
lover, she shares her timeline of the
most ground-breaking accessories in
‘Full impact’, page 132.
SHANAY JHAVERI
The assistant curator of South Asian art at the
Met, Mumbai-born Jhaveri is a graduate of Brown
University and holds a PhD from the Royal College of
Art. In this issue, he takes us inside this summer’s most
anticipated exhibit in ‘Sculpted best’, on page 112.
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Our contributors from the June issue
VALERIE STEELE
AND HAMISH
BOWLES
Two fashion-world
favourites—Steele, the
director and chief curator
of New York’s Museum
at the Fashion Institute
of Technology, and
Bowles, the international
editor-at-large for US
Vogue—expound on the
more-is-more trend in
‘What is maximalism?’,
page 116, and ‘Club
Retro’, page 197.
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