No Filter


One of my closest friend, Gouri, will be graduating from NIFT Delhi this year. As part of her graduating project, she was interning at Louis Philippe for four months — she has designed a set of garments — shirts and jeans. The theme for her project was to showcase the entrepreneurs of tomorrow — and the attributes that they need to possess — and she felt fit to do the photoshoot with IIT students: Adhhayan, Abhinav, Yash, Abhishek, and me. It was the first time any of us had modeled, and it was a great experience! I know Gouri well enough to comment on the effort she puts into her work. She's passionate, dedicated, and more importantly creative — and this is clearly visible in the garments she's made — right from the ideation of the design, to the final making, she has put her heart and soul into it! I became a fan of her creativity, and work ethic long back. Finally, to showcase her work, she had to prepare a document — an ode to people go out into the world as themselves, without any added baggage, and do great, great for themselves — No Filter.


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