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Aishwarya Kapoor

What Raw Mango Is Really Saying to Indian Women About Clothing, Restraint and Good Taste

The Quiet That Costs Something

A Raw Mango sari does not announce itself. That is the point. The weave is dense, the colour sits in the fabric rather than on it, and the border, if there is one, earns its place. You have seen it at literary festivals, at gallery openings, at weddings where the bride's mother has decided she is done competing. The woman wearing it has made a choice that reads, to other women, as a statement: I know what good taste is, and it looks like this.

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