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From Rajkot to Vogue, the little-known story of entrepreneur Mina Patel.
Fashion refuses to be confined. It breaks rules, crosses borders, and embraces change. From high couture to streetwear, fashion thrives on variety and innovation. It belongs to everyone and no one, constantly reshaping itself to reflect the endless possibilities of human creativity and expression.
Discover our digs by dipping into our luxury box, with the strongest tote for your adventures, a robe for balmy nights, knit hats, a teak and bamboo box and a little something to keep you full on the road.
Our maiden issue: high gloss, high fashion and dare we say, highbrow. Object is available for sale at select bookstores around the world and in our online shop. Limited prints on paper glossier than your glossiest lipgloss, we we hope it rests safely on your coffee table as India’s first coffee table magazine. To preorder your copy, subscribe to the box and make sure you get yours first!
Wonder where we go to get you the news, the pieces and the inspiration behind our shoots? Our keepsake map available with each box will guide you along the way.
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On each journey Object discovers artisans and curates a list of designers that resonate with the voyage around India. The people below stand out in their field by their techniques, fabrications and ideas. Come discover their finery.
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Sonal Mehta works with marginalised communities in Gujarat, particularly the Kotwalia bamboo workers of Dang, empowering them with modern bamboo utilisation techniques.
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Unabashedly political and contemporary, Rather’s work stems from his Kashmiri identity. The art of Raffu, or the healing of fabric, is melded through Raffughar’s alchemy to speak of the travails of an uncertain life in the valley.
Line Outline is a cry against what the designer Deepit Chugh calls ‘hardcore mass’ retail, where the choice of clothes that men can wear is severely limited in range and imagination. Line Outline is an attempt at changing this state of affairs.
Aeka is Sanskrit for the number one. It denotes the matchless zeal with which the brand approaches linen, the designer’s favourite fabric, to make sustainable designs for young and environmentally conscious consumers.
Fool Dost works with artisan communities from Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, amalgamating their work with Laura Halliwell’s cuts and silhouettes.
Charmee Ambavat works with a colour palette that has been long disregarded in the annals of fashion: the many shades of brown, green and white.
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