Dressing down: New generation of designers creates individualistic fashion

In India, while working under the overarching umbrella of slow fashion, these designers are creating their own expressions of what the term means to them

As I speak with Shani Himanshu, founder of the fashion label 11.11/eleven eleven, he is heading to Mumbai international airport. For his “airport look”, he is dressed from head to toe in khadi. “I am wearing a kala cotton khadi denim jacket with my track pants, made from fibre sourced from the dev vruksha. This is organic tree cotton, single spindle-spun, with zero count and dyed beautifully in indigo,” he says. The garment is very contemporary — I imagine it will look just as chic on the streets of Paris as it exudes comfort and convenience at Mumbai airport. And