About a week before I left for India, I stopped by Henri Bendel to do some quality just-looking-thanks and no buying. [Quick aside: what's happened to that store?! It used to be comparable to Barney's, but now it's gone all Soho Bloomingdale's on me. Why, Henri? Why?!] I tried on a cute little sequined dress by Ashish--not the one in the picture, but that on'e cute too, no?--which I noted was made in India. So, I had the brainstorm that I would investigate shopping for Ashish clothing while I'm in Hyderabad. Maybe a wider selection, I thought. Or maybe just different offerings . . . who knows. Well, I contacted a rep for Ashish today and, if you can believe it, they don't have a stockist (that's the Ashish rep's, Nadine, word) in India! How sad is that? The clothes are made here, and there's not a single retail outlet in the entire country. The whole thing smacks of Irish Potato Famine . . . just on a much more shamefully superficial, non-life-threatening and trivial scale. But, still.
2 comments:
nice shiny blog! you know i'm all over fashion posts. i'd like to see some more pictures of india and more pictures of fashion! i think i remember seeing some of this ashish stuff in paris. how sad they don't stock in the country of origin. then again, they don't appreciate rick owens in america-- he had to move the atelier to paris.
Thanks! The National Institute of Fashion Technology is located in . . . Hyderabad. I'm planning a field trip, and will supply lots of pics when I go.
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