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Oorja Makkad

Blogger | Designer
Millennial Sareephile
Indian Textile Aficionado

Musing on fashion, handicraft, sustainability narratives, cruelty-free beauty and eclectically homegrown design. Find me on Instagram @oorja.revivestyle.

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Wait what is that Ajrakh peeping out of my sashiko Wait what is that Ajrakh peeping out of my sashiko shirt? 💙 Two crafts, Japanese and Indian. Wabi-sabi design philosophy, the umbrella under which sashiko resides, romances the concept of an object being more beautiful for having gone through difficulty, distress or damage, the object is deemed more beautiful for it has healed with restoration and repair. The signs of repair are made visible and celebrated as an aesthetic value enhancement, not something to conceal or shy away from. That's why it's a very visible form of mending. The patterns and stitches are celebrating and glorifying the act of mending, healing, repair. You are more beautiful for having gone through restoration! . . . Link in bio: The step-by-step process. I admit, I'm still in a zone where I take up projects like this for the pleasure and joy of refashioning my clothes - not for training, teaching or blog sharing! This is a hand-me-down shirt that beckoned some upcycling. So, I might not have captured every single nuance or step in vivid detail. Having a camera hovering over me kills the vibe, and I think everyone here has already guessed that I'm way too video shy on Instagram. Sometimes I get lost in the process and realise I should've clicked a picture four steps ago! I think I got every step for this one and you can totally see it metamorphose ✨ What do you think of this craft confluence? Share your feedback 🌼
Story time; Bhringi, a devotee, wanted to circle a Story time; Bhringi, a devotee, wanted to circle around Shiva, to which Shiva said, "You have to go around Shakti too, for I am incomplete without her." But Bhringi refused, and tried slipping in between the God and Goddess. The Goddess sat on Shiva's thigh, to make that difficult. Bhringi, in the mythological transformer mode typical to our lore, turned into a bee so he could fly through between their necks and complete his round while excluding Shakti. I'm sensing an implication that a male chauvinist mindset was behind all this trouble he undertook, turning into a bee and all. Shiva then merged his body with Shakti, and became Ardhanareshwara (ardha- half, naar - woman, eshwara- usually a suffix attached to gods). Shakti cursed Bhringi so that he would lose all the parts of his body that come from the mother, a quintessential goddess curse at it's finest. Bhringi, reduced to bones, could not stand up. And hence, Shiva gives him a third leg. This tripod of bones stripped of flesh, called a Gana, always stands next to Shakti in all visual representations of divinity to remind the world that Shiva cannot be acknowledged without acknowledging the Goddess. Shiva and Shakti. The divine masculine and the divine feminine - two equal halves of a whole that constitutes every human being in the mortal world. We all have both inside of us, and when you lose touch with or pit yourself against either - you lose touch with yourself. The whole world loses harmony, for harmony can only come from balance. It's delightful how stories from all of Shiva's lore and Shaivite mythology, abound colorfully with their romance, curses, boons, metaphorical magic and celestial drama, most often convey timelessly profound concepts that resonate over millennia, completely unfettered to time 🖤 Picture: My hand, my silver and a saree from one of Revive.Style's Ajrakh collections that is now overseas with a lovely customer!
हुज़ूर आहिस्ता, आहिस्ता | जनाब, आहिस्ता आहिस्ता . What was a genre of music - for you - that once you began to listen to it, it changed you forever? PS: I couldn't wait to share this already, because it is so special to me and one of the most beautiful I've ever curated - Marhaba, a deeply madder dyed burgundy drape that will be launched on the website tomorrow.
An expressive piece by @drapeastory 💚 I'm so gl An expressive piece by @drapeastory 💚 I'm so glad to be part of her work 🌼
Ajrakhs everywhere: "when will she leave us alone? Ajrakhs everywhere: "when will she leave us alone?" 😋 Any guesses what this is gonna be? #UpcyclingSunday
It's safe to say that the people feeling unwelcome It's safe to say that the people feeling unwelcome/unincluded/unacknowledged/ignored on Valentine's Day 2020 are actual couples that are happily in love, going by the shift I've noticed in gimmicks and the general narrative this year 😂 I sense it's becoming a norm to be a Scrooge on Valentine's Day so I'm going to be unabashedly romantic, for I usually go the opposite way from norms 🥰❤️ handwoven hearts on my s̶l̶e̶e̶v̶e̶ sari just like @fivefeetsixyards today! . . I was saving this for today! Handwoven linen hearts from @pink_paisely and whimsy bird cage jhumkas from @_alankaara_ . Planned the #sotd in accordance with my beloved lovelies @eeshitajoneja and @sangys_sareeaffair's #sixyardsofrougeandroses
Shop: feelin' romantic ❤️ this and more, link Shop: feelin' romantic ❤️ this and more, link in bio! Introducing a little line of exquisite, sensuous six yard curations that just launched on The Revive.Style Shop. #ValentinesDayMood #AjrakhLove #HandmadeIsBetterMade
A brilliant, sparkling, beautiful mind gone so soo A brilliant, sparkling, beautiful mind gone so soon. Twice in my life I'd got to be in Wendell sir's presence and both are vividly etched in my mind; all the witty anecdotes and life experiences that delightfully inspired us to no end. When I first met him as a student in Pearl Academy, the hours flew by in his presence and we kept wanting more of his charismatic knowledge. Everytime I drape a saree, I remember his delightful quips about "women nowadays love wearing this 'one headlight' saree with the boob out." I've read, and read twice again, his beautiful autobiography, The Green Room, an intimate glance into the mind of a pathbreaking creative. His design process and simplicity has inspired me more so than any other designer. Someone who brought minimalism, antifit, sustainability, elegantly eccentric pattern cutting and contemporary consciousness into Indian fashion long before these concepts had any momentum! . . I've been so excited to visit Moda Goa Museum when it opened, to get to interact with him once again. I'd always thought of personally messaging him on Instagram about how much his work impacted me, how it helped when I was in a bad place creatively, how delightful it was to teach my students about him and how inspired they were as well, but I postponed it... I'm still not quite sure why, and now it's too late. We lived vicariously through his posts, seeing the Moda Goa Project come to life. In January, I spent time teaching my students about this amazing man's work, his aesthetic, his approach and all the things he did that Indian fashion wouldn't be the same without. He passed into the other realm before seeing his dream come to life. RIP @wendellrodricks, something I'd never thought I'd write this time, this year.
I like everything vintage a little too much 🖤 I like everything vintage a little too much 🖤
Want some candy? 🍬🍬 Speaking of things one m Want some candy? 🍬🍬 Speaking of things one must not accept from strangers, it has come to my notice lately that our #DesiBoyzOnDM (@vidhyamenonahamed you and I have contributed plenty to this hashtag hahaha) have an all new modus operandi. The past few days, I've got several "I have some work," "Pls reply it is regarding work," "Hello... Hi... Hey... Its about work," messages and somehow all these productive urges arise only between 1am-3am 😂🙏 Why would somebody who spells 🌹 LyK DiZz 🌹have any work to do with you? Even if they do, pls don't. Some are so oversmart that they will actually email rubbish like "hello whats up" It has been very rightly said, Indian men can make a dating platform out of anything, even Swiggy and Zomato 😂 Photoshoots are another common excuse. I'm about to make this dark, but must mention that not too long ago a model in Mumbai was murdered when lured in for one of these "i wanna collab wid u" photoshoots on DM, it makes me sad that she even went in the first place. The killer called her for a 'shoot' to his apartment, and the crime took place when she refused sexual advances. I hope all my beautiful fellow bloggers know never to accept seemingly work related requests without a complete background check, a long chain of communication beforehand, and asking references from other bloggers this person has already worked with. What are some hilarious pretexts people slide into your DM with? Share them here 😋 Finally doing #sixyardsofrougeandroses for my saree inspiration queens @eeshitajoneja and @sangys_sareeaffair in a saree from my mom's wardrobe. I love a good old fashioned matchey-matchey saree blouse, with a statement neckpiece to break the seamless coordination ❤️ This Afghan statement necklace was a pre-loved buy!
My fav part of curating drapes on the Revive.Style My fav part of curating drapes on the Revive.Style shop is when people buy from the Revive.Style shop 🥰😂 #SellingOutQuick #AjrakhLove #HandmadeIsBetterMade
Shop: Tinkling Ajrakh Muls, link in bio 🖤 Gul, Shop: Tinkling Ajrakh Muls, link in bio 🖤 Gul, Souk, Badaami and Saanwari (the last one was christened with that name by saree queen @ingita_roshan), each one tells beautiful visual stories of this ancient textile craft. Gul has blooms abound, Souk is mesmerisingly patterned with amulets and pendants like a vintage jewellery drawer, Badaami has the lush traditional patterning of almonds and starry speckled dots, and Saanwari has a mystical Persian lattice design with lovely floral butis on its palla. Each one of them is lined with melodic silver ghungroos! These cotton muls were made in and sourced from Ajrakhpur, Kutch, India.
You could be the finest, smoothest, most decadent You could be the finest, smoothest, most decadent 🍷in the world and there'd still be some tool that can't even tell a Madera from a Merlot. There, Dita Von Teese said it with peaches, I said it with vino.
c'est samedi 🖤🍷 c'est samedi 🖤🍷
🖤🤍 there's always that one shaadi you keep p 🖤🤍 there's always that one shaadi you keep posting pictures from until replaced by your own?
🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑 I took time o 🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑 I took time out for my watercolor tubes after two, maybe three years so it's definitely not good nor perfect but so much fun. Watercolor is imperfect and has a mind of its own and seldom can be controlled, I like that. @alisa.koz you're the main reason why I've become obsessed with the moon and it's phases, the #koznewmoon ritual made me receptive to and aware of so many little miracles, it's worked wonderfully! I look forward to it every new phase.
#sixyardsofrougeandroses ❤️ I'm loving what @e #sixyardsofrougeandroses ❤️ I'm loving what @eeshitajoneja and @sangys_sareeaffair have started! Kicking this off with a beloved throwback to the first day of pujo (because that feels like Christmas morning to me), but I'm excited to consciously wear the colors of love everytime I need to wear a saree for the next ten days just for these two lovely, inspiring saree queens!
WhatsApp Group: Be the first to know of each uniqu WhatsApp Group: Be the first to know of each unique, one of a kind, exclusive drape curated by Revive.Style. The link to The Revive.Style Shop's WhatsApp Group is in bio, you can now get in on a special priority list. We never spam, just send across occasional snippets of beautiful slow made creations at a single click 🖤 I look forward to seeing heritage lovers and patrons in this little world!
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