@voguebusiness announced our fundraise by @ycombinator! Couldn't ask for a better team to take our mission of sharing culture to the next level.

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Who is in SF for Diwali? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

“I fly to india to get my Indian clothes” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

"If I could go back in time and tell my younger self that one day I would be the first South Asian editor-in-chief of one of those beloved magazines, those days of feeling like I didn’t belong might have been a little easier to stomach"

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@TeenVogue

"If you have decided to do something about the strain #fashion is putting on the planet, you need to go about it smartly."

Check out full article here:
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#ecofriendly #rent

"...Especially with our lives becoming more and more public on social media, fashion rental services allow women the luxury of never having to repeat an outfit"

Read on renting the runway here:
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#rentingtherunway #desifashion #rentalfashion

"You've received an invitation an #Indianwedding ceremony—get excited! These events are always bursting with celebratory energy, but let us go ahead and answer your first question: What to wear to an Indian wedding as a #guest?"

Full article here:
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"I found a place in this community where I could connect with people because they looked like me and understood me"

Read more about Payal's story here:
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#wocbusiness #femalefounders #southasian

We're excited to announce the SPC-Agency Fund Social Impact Fellowship. If you're a technologist, researcher, or scientist looking to empower low income people using technology, we want to hear from you!
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"The concept of a circular fashion industry is a fast-growing movement to reuse and #recycle all materials, eliminating waste and pollution and regenerating the environment in a '#circularmodel'.

Read more about the circular fashion industry here:
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Here are some awesome #Desi fashion bloggers you should take a look at!

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@Cosmopolitan
#desifashion #fashionblog #southasian

"As any #Rutgers student knows, South Asian Americans are a prevalent community. So, why are we so often misrepresented and mistreated?"

Let's dive into this a little deeper:
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#indianstereotypes #southasian #representation

Looking for a reputable Desi lifestyle blogger? Here is a list of a few!

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#lifestyleblog #desibloggers #southasian

Let's talk Indian stereotypes in Western films + TV:
"While #brown-skinned characters from India and its neighbors have been featured in English films for a long time, they often fall prey to #stereotypes"

This article is a must read!
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@screenrant

"Post for change is a non-profit organization that cultivates the immense power of social media to tackle important social and global matters related to the UN Sustainable Development Goal on Gender Equality"

Join + learn more about #postforchange here:
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"Handicrafts are amongst the oldest traditions. Among the many #handicrafts around the world, Indian Handicrafts Items goes back to one of the oldest civilizations in the world, the Indus Valley Civilization."

Learn more here:
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#indianhandicrafts #history

"US culture has a new #mantra: it’s down with brown. In the past few years, entertainers of South Asian origin have gone from being a minor footnote in American popular culture to a headline event."

What are your #thoughts on this?
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@guardian
#southasian

Wedding season is coming back and we love to see it. We remembered how much joy we could bring to people who look and feel their best in our clothes, at events that are meant to celebrate love. Read more about our journey in the wedding industry here:
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In India, hand embroidery is more a stock-in-trade rather than a trend du jour, designers have made a subliminal shift to slow and simple processes, placing the virtue of quality over quantity.

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@VOGUEIndia
#craftcore #embroidery #handicrafts

The recent slowed pace of life has steered us towards making mindful and impactful choices when it comes to our sartorial decisions. While leaving fast fashion and trends in the past, we are headed towards tightly curated closets.

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@VOGUEIndia