ORNAMENT AS ORACLE

Backed by the India Art Fair, Raw Mango and Hanut Singh revive their shape-shifting showcase.

- WORDS ARANYAA CHOWDHURY

It's a rare moment in fashion when restraint and flamboyance find common ground. But on August 6th, in the bustling corridors of Raw Mango's Banjara Hills boutique, Hyderabad witnessed exactly that. 'Incandescent 2.0'- the much-anticipated second edition of the collaboration between Raw Mango, India Art Fair, and the irreverently elegant Hanut Singh, flickered into life like a chandelier of ideas.

For Hanut Singh, whose designs have adorned Madonna, Beyoncé, and Meryl Streep, it marked his Hyderabad debut. "There's something about the city - regal and opulent, architectural yet delicate, rooted in the past but always looking forward - that resonates deeply with my own design language," he shared. His pieces weren't about Hyderabad, he insisted. They were because of it.