The decade that dressed without a script
There was a specific kind of confidence required to walk out of the house in 2003 wearing a halter neck over a full-sleeved white shirt, low-rise jeans with a visible waistband, and kolhapuri chappals. Nobody told you it worked. Nobody told you it didn't. Indian fashion in the 2000s operated in that gap, between satellite TV beaming in global trends and a domestic market still figuring out what to do with them.
