On a crisp November morning, I visited JJ Valaya at his atelier in Mangalpuri, New Delhi. True to the designer’s opulent aesthetic, the three-storey studio and workshop was filled with decadent armchairs, larger-than-life art, and bookshelves packed with iconic fashion and photography tomes. Stark lights fired up the workshop area, where Valaya was putting the… Continue reading How designer JJ Valaya turned a failed first collection into a fashion empire