City Style – The Imperial Woman in White, Aurobindo Marg
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She looked extraordinary. The Delhi Walla saw this woman one rush hour morning at a bus stop in Aurobindo Marg. She was in a white sari; it was embroidered…
City Style – A Woman from Kashmir, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She looked like the cover picture of a yellowing National Geographic magazine. One evening The Delhi Walla saw a woman in an eatery in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti. She was…
City Style – A Conference of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s Saris, India International Center
The handwoven world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There, blue with red border. Here, green edged with orange. And now walks in a landscape patterned with paisley. One evening The Delhi Walla enters a room peopled with handloom…
City Style – Rakhshanda Jalil’s Ghararas, South Delhi
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Strange outfit this. It’s neither a skirt, nor a gown. It’s definitely not a sari. It’s also not a pajama. What is it? “It is gharara,” says author Rakhshanda…
City Style – The Man with the Peacock Feather, Urdu Bazaar
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His eyes were underlined strongly with black kaajal. His get-up included a white skullcap, and a necklace of green plastic beads. He had one leg; one of his two…
City Style – The Message of the Dresses, India Fashion Week, Okhla
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] All of these costumed people are looking awe-inspiring. Some look like the photo spreads of Vogue Paris. The Delhi Walla is in the National Small Industries Corporation Grounds in…
City Style – People Watching, India Fashion Week, Okhla
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Who are these people? How do they manage to look so cool in these clothes when we know we would look like clowns in them? The Delhi Walla went…
City Style – A Man in Asymmetrical Colours, Subway Restaurant, Khan Market
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] His T-shirt is pink. His shorts are white. His hair are tied into two ponytails. Oh my God, his socks. One is pink. The other is green. There is…
City Style – A Slender Woman in White, Harish Chander Mathur Lane
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] She is wearing a cotton silk white vintage dress with black piping stripes and pearl buttons. Her nose ring is barely perceptible. The Delhi Walla meets this slender woman…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Regal Cinema Building
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla finds this man behind the Regal Cinema Building in Connaught Place. He is wearing a pink lace golden-colored turban and a green dhoti. His accessories include…
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