E7: Ashwin Thiyagarajan - Give importance to talent, not the fashion label
Ashwin Thiyagarajan is a really chilled out and fun guy to talk to. Earlier this year, he made headlines when his ensemble was seen on the Oscars red carpet. The flirty sherwani with feminine pleats was sported by Oscar-nominated Indian-American director Sami Khan. Over the years when I’ve come across Ashwin’s designs, I found them simple but elegant, understated yet fun. So I decided to catch up with him and find out what gets him in the right headspace when he sits down to create. You can check out the Maharani Talks on Instagram at www.instagram.com/maharanitalks MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic Highlights: • From engineering to fashion designer [01:25] • His first designer walk [07:30] • Getting noticed in the fashion world [10:44] . Creative coincidences vs. plagiarism[12:45] . Coming out with new collection every season [15:50] . Talking about his Oscar red carpet moment [17:22] . What is stopping South Indian designers to be considered on par with North Indian designers? [20:17] . Living in Chennai as a gay man [23:00] . Seven spontaneous questions [27:30]
