Upcycled Vintage Sari Swing Midi Dress
Description
Inspired by the whirling dervish dancers in Turkey, It is believed that while revolving from right to left, the dervish embraces all humanity with love. A quote by Rumi states that ‘All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know.’
Handmade from vintage silk saris.
**upcycled
About this Maker:
For designer Annah Chakola, Annahmol is inextricably linked to the cultural patrimony of her homeland—and the dualism inherent in her unique upbringing. World traveller and native daughter of Kerala, India, Annah is nourished by the sensuality of her homeland and the magical landscapes encountered in her adventures. Born to a family with over 150 years in the textile industry, it was her father’s death—and her mother’s tenacity—that heralded Annah’s exposure to the rich legacy of Indian craftsmanship with which Annahmol is inextricably linked. When her mother re-opened her father’s store to ensure the family’s economic survival, Annah and her brother joined their mother in her travels, meeting makers and artisans from all over the subcontinent. A seed was planted that would come to fruition years later in the form of Boho Gypsy, the predecessor to Annahmol. The wistful yearning that permeates Annah’s work speaks of a deep, multi-generational connection to home, but it’s a nostalgia forged in the fire of global influences. Having attended a British boarding school with an international student body, and leaving India for the United States at age 17, Annah is very much a ‘third culture kid’—those youthful denizens of the world who belong everywhere—and nowhere—simultaneously. In the designer’s native tongue of Malayalam, ‘mol’ means daughter. Annahmol was a childhood nickname that clung so stubbornly to Chakola as she grew into young womanhood that she forsake it in a fit of teenage rebellion, like a snake moulting into a new skin. But the universe has a sense of humour. After years spent redefining herself and honing her craft, it was the heartache, triumph, adversity, loss, abundance, desire, darkness, and light, that revealed in turns a truth: identity is not sought, it is returned to. She was, and is, Annahmol. As David Bowie once said, getting older is the process of becoming who you were all along.
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