asangi | Aizawl

“I am a grunge alternative kind of girl and I like tattoos & poetry. I am currently listening to Polyphia & The Naked & Famous. The shawl I am wearing is actually a wraparound called Ngotekherh usually worn at special occasions.”

— Asangi Sailo, photographer | Aizawl, February 2017.

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vanlalhmangaihi & ricky | aizawl

“Ricky is a dancer and I make funny videos on instagram. I want to make people happy and that’s what I love to do. We were both born in October and we both love Lily Allen & Adam Levine.”

—Vanlalhmangaihi & Ricky | Aizawl, February 2017.

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annabelle | Aizawl

“I feel like an alien in this town. I love badgalriri. I’m a thinker. I spend my days playing video games, going for drives to the hills, working out, listening to reggae, hanging at The Warehouse. Sometimes I go to the Church.”

— Annabelle | Aizawl, February 2017.

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Hannah | aizawl

“I’m awkward and quiet at times but I do the stupidest random shit when I get comfortable with someone. I am usually hanging out at my studio. I am currently listening to Don’t Leave by Mo. I like black, jogging pants, sleepovers, and feeling loved. My style inspiration is Gwen Stefani.”

— Hannah Khiangte | Aizawl, February 2017.

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Jessica | Dimapur

“I am a Fashion Designer by profession but if I wasn’t one I’d be an anthropologist or working at a wildlife sanctuary.”

What do you like best about where you live?
I take pride in our culture, our roots, our heritage. Otherwise Dimapur is a small town – comfortable and slow.

Give me a list of things you love.
Porcelain dolls. Machu Pichu. Summer. Sea. Volleyball. Anthropology. Coconuts. Swinghop. Prawns.

— Jessica Kesogi Kent, Dimapur Jan 2016

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Rinika | delhi

How would you describe yourself?
I feel like I am made of remnants of the past and yet belonging to the future. May be I am caught in the wrong space and time.

What are you currently listening to?
Afreen-Afreen has been on repeat since forever. Sia’s Confetti, Adele’s Send My Love, & The Chainsmokers.

What makes you dance?
Alcohol.

What are your recent inspirations?
The Kiss by Klimt, Kafka on the Shore, and some other feel good things.

What was your last google search?
Banana Yoshimoto.

How would you describe your style?
Freestyle.

— Rinika Maibam from Manipur | for ELLE India

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Delhi, November 2016.

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keds | Kohima

“I love cats and I like to be in high heels all the time no matter where I go.”

— Keds Krome, Designer/ex-model

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Kohima, January 2013.

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Pakhi & Tanya | delhi fashion week

“We are big fans of FKA Twigs. We both like wearing stuff made from blankets & shawls and we often borrow our parents’ and grandparents’ coats and trousers.”

Who are your fashion icons?
Bjork, Jemima Kirke, FKA Twigs, Young Thug, Solange Knowles, David Bowie.

How would you describe the way you are dressed in the photo?
Japanese Spaceman & Deconstructed Granny.

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Fashion Week, New Delhi. October 2016.

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illustration of a camel trader | pushkar

Camel trader // illustration of one of my photos from Rajasthan by Vibhash Sharma.

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Pushkar, Rajasthan. October 2015.

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Edward | delhi fashion week

Right now I am a lot into sportswear, 90s alternative, M.I.A, and Notorious B.I.G.

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Fashion Week, New Delhi. October 2016.

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Loise | bombay

What are your worries at the moment?
My thesis, discrimination/prejudice, unequal rights, Trump.

List of things you love.
Bombay, Dress & Identity in India by Emma Tarlo, street dogs & cats, flowers, history and change, Blood Orange, reusing old clothes.

What are you currently listening to?
You Man – Birdcage.

What’s your most used emoji?
The happy face with heart eyes.

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Kshitij | delhi fashion week

How would you describe yourself?
I have no patience.

What are you listening to at the moment?
Bon Ivers new album “22, A Million” and I’m waiting for the new Black Keys album.

What makes you dance?
My friend Sid Vashi‘s sets.

List of things you love.
Being alone. Traveling. Images. Books. People who love me back.

What would you do to make your city a better place?
Hug everyone.

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Gazi | bombay

Gazi from Kashmir.

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Bandra. August 2015.

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Tanya | delhi fashion week

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Fashion Week. New Delhi, October 2015.

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Naisha | bombay

Tell me something about yourself.
I recently moved to Mumbai. I love to live life as it comes, currently I have been taking up modelling assignments and that’s been keeping me busy. I don’t know if I’ll be doing this forever as I have many other interests, but I make it a point to enjoy everything I do. I like reading(Go Set a Watchman was the last thing I read). I like writing, singing, jamming, cleaning my house. I like keeping things neat and tidy.

What kind of music do you like?
Some of my all time favourite are James Brown, Nina Simone, Sade, Tupac, Kendrick Lamar.

What’s your favourite song to sing?
New York New York by Frank Sinatra.

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Juhu. June 2016.

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Lachic | delhi

Tell me something about yourself.
I’m from Ladakh. I am obsessed with wearing all white. My favourite film is Ghibli’s Kaguya Hime no monogatari. Stereophonics’ Maybe Tomorrow is my morning song. I am fluent in Japanese. My name means one angel in Ladakhi, it was given to me by my parents, and Rigzin Wangmo was given to me by a head monk. I have a pet rabbit who acts like a pup.

What’s the best thing about Ladakh?
It’s so quiet at night that you can hear the leaves move and the sound of water stream from my room.

Tell me more about the rabbit.
He’s called Tashi. He has a balcony full of plants all to himself. We’ve made toys out of cardboard boxes for him to play with. I’m also getting a tunnel made for him.

You know you can train them and apparently you can also teach them to play hide and seek.

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Hauz Khas Village, Delhi. October 2015.

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women in florals | Rajasthan

Rajasthani women at the Pushkar festival.

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Pushkar, October 2014.

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Women at a Funeral | Imphal

Traditional dressing. Women at a funeral. Imphal, Manipur. 2015.

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Style of the Day – 1 | imphal

Currently listening to: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala

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2015. Music festival. Andro, Manipur.

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