{"id":5887,"date":"2009-08-04T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5887"},"modified":"2009-08-04T21:53:44","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T02:53:44","slug":"rachael_roy_mak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/rachael_roy_mak\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Roy Makes Vanity Fair’s Best-Dressed List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago, a fashionista friend told me, “I’ve never met a South Asian who was dressed well.” According to him, desis just aren’t as into haute couture as other folks. I didn’t bother debating with him, but that conversation did come to mind today when I read that Vanity Fair had released its 70th Annual International Best-Dressed List today. The list contains its usual mishmosh of high-powered political couples, actors and royals. And Rachel Roy<\/a>, the Manhattan-based designer. You’ll remember her as the former Mrs. Damon Dash<\/a>. Her website<\/a> doesn’t mention it (noting that she’s a born and bred Californian), but according to the Wiki gods, Rachel’s father was a Bengali immigrant who came to the US from Madras.<\/p>\n\n

Check her out in this video. (Loving how she says “while fashion is important to her [the Rachel Roy woman] and while she does love fashion, it’s not the <\/em>most important thing in her life by any means. )<\/p>\n\n

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I scanned Vanity Fair’s 2008 <\/a>and 2007<\/a> “International” lists. No desis. Unless you count Jemima Khan<\/a> being featured on the 2007 list (and I don’t). So I want to know, if we could magically subtract the factor that is the brown-nosing Vanity Fair editorial board, what desis would you add to the best-dressed list? And please. No Padma Lakshmi<\/a>. Or Freida Pinto. Or Anand Jon<\/a> (*shudders). My friend N. already nominated the former Maharani or Jaipur, Ms. Gayatri Devi.<\/p>\n\n

\nRoutinely referred to as one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most beautiful women \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Vogue magazine once described her as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a dream in sari and jewels\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d she was a cosmopolite with a scrutinized wardrobe, a frequenter of elegant European resorts.<\/blockquote>\n\n

[Link<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n

Okay, so we’ve got our Jackie O. (her words, not mine). Other additions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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