Bespoke Jewellery by Pushpita Singh
A self-taught designer is now in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Visit her exhibition of jewellery and clothing on 4, 5 & 6 May 2012 at 71/3 Barnes Place, Colombo 7 between 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Pushpita operates from a home-studio in Delhi, and her designs have found their way to the National Geographic online site Novica, been supplied to buyers as distant as Bangkok and New York; she has been a participant in the Royal Fables exhibitions in Delhi and at Royal Treasures in Hyderabad, besides having viewings in Bangalore, Cochin and Mumbai.
Working on the designs: each piece is a hand-crafted work of art in a range that includes day-wear to party-wear, from the minimal to the extravagant, from the conservative to the chic. And if you want them customized – the lengths extended or shortened, for instance – she undertakes those as well.
Bespoke was never more personalized. Her range of jewellery is built around a collection of semi-precious stones from around the world – chalcedony to amethyst, lapis-lazuli to amazonite, jade to onyx to turquoise and coral, carnelian and jasper, from crystal and pearl to garnet and alexandrite.
The stones are cut, polished, embellished, faceted, turned into beads, tumbles or left rough – before being paired with silver, set into clasps, each represents her fine eye for detail and perfection.
The tradition of polki: In addition, she does a range of traditionally crafted polki and kundan jewellery in 22-ct and 24-ct gold, using craftspersons for who this has been a family business for generations in Bikaner and Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. Polki jewellery is beautifully crafted in 22-ct and 24-ct gold and set with uncut diamonds and precious stones like rubies and emeralds. These are customised pieces designed to be worn daily, for social occasions as well as for weddings in a tradition that has remained unchanged since the days of the Mughal emperors and the Rajput kings.
Pushpita has previously curated a show of royal photographs for the British Council, and is the author of the cookbook Rajasthani Kitchen.
Rani Kamini Singh
Rani Kamini’s clothes collection by the label “Rose Tree” swears by organic cottons and modern silhouettes.
What started as a hobby has taken her clothing to the next level, retailing her designs at prime fashion boutiques in India. Her work boasts hand embroidered crushed cotton indo-western wear. She uses pure organic fabrics as does spa and beach wear.
Rani Kamini Singh is a quintessential Delhi girl from a business family who married into royalty which meant following many conservative customs. Armed with the love and support of her husband Kunwar Shailraj Singh of Seohara, Kamini was lucky in that she enjoyed a culturally – rich royal household as well as a city circuit.
She soon grew fond of her blue –blooded life in the Seohara Palace just as much as the time spent with her family and friends in Delhi where she often wore smart western clothing. One thing reigned supreme in her life and that was her taste for good clothes.
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