It takes only a single image for you to comprehend the unparalleled aesthetic of Sanjay Garg. Founder and designer of the stunning label Raw Mango, Garg recently took the virtual edition of Lakmé Fashion Week 2020 by storm with his festive collection named Moomal. The Rajasthan-born designer makes use of Indian techniques like Chanderi and… Continue reading Sanjay Garg Of Raw Mango On Four Books That Inspire His Work And Life
Not often do we come across a fashion film that transports you back to a time that’s long forgotten. And this year at Lakmé Fashion Week, Sanjay Garg of Raw Mango gifted us with one. Set in Rajasthan, a place close to his heart, the festive collection titled Moomal exuded an aesthetic that felt like… Continue reading Sanjay Garg of Raw Mango on his warm, nostalgic showcase at Lakmé Fashion Week 2020
Slogan T-shirts, the end of real fur in luxury and women taking back the power: 2017 was packed with many highlights. So what’s in store for fashion in 2018? If you ask designer duo Shantanu & Nikhil, they believe women will continue to be bold and barrier-breaking in their sartorial sensibilities. Huemn creative director Pranav… Continue reading 15 tastemakers on what you can expect from fashion in 2018
What better way to show your support for the handloom industry than to wear handwoven ensembles during India’s biggest and most-celebrated festival? And one designer who’s winning the handloom game — Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Malaika Arora Khan and Shilpa Shetty unanimously choosing his designs — is Sanjay Garg, the founder of Raw Mango. At… Continue reading How stars from Deepika to Alia chose to wear handloom outfits this Diwali
Designer Sanjay Garg is in an inordinately good mood. And it’s not just because his label, Raw Mango, is currently on sale. Garg is the only Indian designer whose creations will feature as part of the prestigious Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) fashion exhibit, ‘Items: Is Fashion Modern?’, curated by Paola Antonelli. “Paola came to India… Continue reading Designer Sanjay Garg’s sari to be part of a MoMA exhibit in New York
India has always been synonymous with the handloom. According to Handcrafts India, traces of handloom fabric were unearthed in excavations in Egypt, after which finely woven and dyed cotton fabrics were discovered in Mohenjo Daro, in the Indus Valley Civilisation. Jump forward to the British Raj, when Gandhi popularised the use of khadi, which became… Continue reading 7 Indian designers who have reinvented the handwoven sari
Sanjay Garg’s new collection is here to give our festive wardrobe a much-needed update. His new line (full of mashru silks, Benarasi brocades and organza) is a nod to classics. “I’ve been collecting textiles that are easily 100 years old, and I have always wondered how to repurpose this for the new generation,” says Garg. As… Continue reading Exclusive: First look at Sanjay Garg’s festive collection
Sanjay Garg takes done-to-death flowers and turns them into something extraordinary with his new line, Vana. Garg returns to Bungalow 8 with this collection. “After our last show in November, Sanjay asked me what we were dreaming about for the summer, and I said it was on the lines of an English garden re-imagined the… Continue reading Sanjay Garg’s floral collection is now at Bungalow 8
You don’t necessarily put South Indian temple design and Benarasi fabrics in the bracket. Yet Sanjay Garg of Raw Mango is doing just that: bridging the gap with a new collection of silk saris called Three Shuttles. It features stunning designs that mirror intricate carvings seen in Southern temples. The collection derives its name, from… Continue reading Raw Mango launches a vibrant new line
Roughly six years ago, at an exhibition in the Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai, I struck up a conversation with a slightly built, convivial vendor who introduced himself as Sanjay Garg. Piled up in front of him was a near-toppling stack of handloom saris and fabric. We talked of intellectualism, urbanisation and Bollywood and,… Continue reading Sanjay Garg: The reluctant fashion darling
Simmi Khanna, 28, is the most sensible girl in all of Safdarjung. She just cannot help it. Good sense is to Simmi what his handlebar is to Sunil Sethi – the two are inseparable. Now her friends have told Simmi that FDCI Amazon India Fashion Week is no place for someone such as herself, but… Continue reading Meet Sensible Simmi
Designer Sanjay Garg is bringing special collections from Raw Mango and his eponymous label to the multi-designer store Ensemble in Mumbai. Garg stays true to the art of hand-woven textiles through his work. His classic Sooti collection draws inspiration from the traditional ‘phentiya’ (ghagra), a gathered skirt made out of resist dyed fabric. You can also… Continue reading Sanjay Garg and Raw Mango come to Ensemble
Raw Mango has a new address. The brand just launched a store in Bengaluru – and it’s nothing like you’ve seen before. “We wanted to rewrite the experience of the consumer,” says designer Sanjay Garg. “We only seem to find heavily decorated stores – it’s almost a competition about how flamboyant you can get. Even… Continue reading Exclusive: Raw Mango launches Bengaluru store
