City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla finds this unshaven bespectacled man in a bus shelter in central Delhi’s Kasturba Gandhi Marg. He is wearing a khadi kurta and faded blue jeans. A…
City Style – Vidya Rao’s Handloom Saris, Mehrauli
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some of the most beautiful collections of handloom saris in Delhi lie hidden in the closets of designer Laila Tyabji, politician Jaya Jaitley, textile historian Jasleen Dhamija, crafts activist…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Karol Bagh
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla finds this man standing beside a bus shelter in the central neighbourhood of Karol Bagh. He is wearing a light brown bandhgala suit. The matching light…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Tilak Nagar
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this young man on a street in the western neighbourhood of Tilak Nagar. He was selling apples. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Sadar Bazar
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this young man on a street corner in Sadar Bazar. His black topi is embroidered with gold threads and festooned with colored sequins. His maroon…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Golcha Cinema
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this man standing outside the Golcha Cinema in Daryaganj, a neighborhood on the outskirts of the Walled City. His navy-blue overcoat was unbuttoned and revealed…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Ring Road
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this man on the Ring Road. He was wearing a blue salwar kurta. His dark-blue jacket was printed with hundreds of delicately shaped green leaves,…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Jamia Nagar
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla meets this woman at an apartment in Jamia Nagar, south Delhi. She is in a sharara, a pair of loose-pleated trousers usually worn by Muslim brides….
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Café Turtle
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this woman at Café Turtle in Khan Market, India’s most expensive shopping street. She was wearing a flower print dress. Her toe nails were polished…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Defence Colony Market
Searching for the stylish. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this woman in Defense Colony Market, an upscale destination in the southern part of the city. She was wearing a tie dye frock. Her feet…
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