What happens when fashion goes from 'mortifying' to mainstream?
In Karachi, Pakistan, where I grew up until the age of 9, Bollywood films and shaadis were the ultimate fashion flex. There was always a riot of colour and plenty of flash, but for me South Asian fashion went beyond films and family functions. Pakistanis wore shalwar kameez the same way Canadians wear jeans and a T-shirt. These clothes—dressed up or down—were simply a normal part of my life.
It’s no surprise that Jassal’s modern take on Indian fashion has endeared her to people both in and outside the South Asian community. She excels at bridal, but it’s just one part of the business, which boasts a diverse clientele, including celebrities like Ashanti and Bebe Rexha. Mani’s widely beloved label is an important change in how South Asian fashion has been represented in the mainstream.
Similarly, Sandy Gill—a fashion influencer and stylist known as The Sandy Lion, who has worked with everyone from Lilly Singh to Hasan Minhaj—matches South Asian and Western pieces in her everyday wardrobe. “It brings a little bit of our identity and our heritage into the look and I think it’s a beautiful fusion. It represents both parts of who we are.” You can find her sporting a lehenga skirt with a T-shirt , or incorporating Indian jewellery or a bindi into her look.
“It’s often a way of embracing these forms of difference through fashion and cultural commodities like food and saying, ‘We embrace diversity as a nation. We’re not xenophobic. We’re not Islamophobic. If we were, we wouldn’t be wearing these clothes, we wouldn’t be interested these cultural forms,’” says Reddy, an associate professor at Texas A&M University.
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