Rashmi Bachhawat launched her studio The Purple Dot, a multi-utility space for all things creative, on April 19, at the Metro Tower, Ho Chi Minh Sarani. The launch was celebrated with a Summer Edit one-day pop-up, in association with The Telgraph. The show featured women’s and kids’ clothing and kids’ toy brands and labels including House of DC, Pooja Wang, Haute by Hand, Cradle to Crayon, Flubbles, Megha Garg and many more. The idea behind the studio is to promote women entrepreneurs from various creative fields like art, lifestyle, fashion, education or wellness and organise workshops. The studio also aims to provide curated, unique and fun experiences and incubations. The Telegraph dropped by.
The Blingo Box displayed some stylish gold and electroplated brass jewellery pieces at affordable prices. This quirky Caesar-engraved guinea set is a must to add to your collection. Necklace Rs 5,000, bracelet Rs 4,500 and earrings Rs 2,800.
A Rajasthani artist, Shiv Kumar Soni exhibited his new painting collection which portrayed his “atrangi” childhood memories and thoughts on canvas. These canvases will be perfect for redecorating your child’s room and will add a dash of colour to the walls. The canvases are priced from Rs 20,000 onwards.
The Muslin Shop had soft nightsuits made with bamboo fibre to keep your kids comfortable while they sleep. This adorable forest green nightsuit was for Rs 1,850.
These cute pure silver Mickey Mouse cufflinks (Rs 4,000 a pair) for kids was from Silver World, where they also showcased silver kurta buttons for kids, silverware, silver idols and more.
House of DC had a wide collection of party and formal suits for women. This stunning sequinned black suit piece is hand-embroidered with Japanese beads in six different colours. (Rs 68,500).
All things crochet by Haute by Hand had handmade and cute crochet toys, photo frames and birth-announcement hampers, ideal for gifting new mothers and babies. From Rs 2,000 onwards.
This violet quilted, sequinned top with pants and cape (Rs 26,000) was from Megha Garg. She had a vibrant collection of cocktail dresses with different silhouettes,cape styles and sequins.
The Hungry Toy Keeper was a crowd puller as they displayed this very real Sink Toy with a real water faucet (Rs 2,100). The stall also had other wooden educational toys.
Cradle to Crayon had beautiful handmade and washable 7 Wonders Puzzle Book (Rs 1,650) and passport holders (Rs 500 each) for kids in eye-catching vibrant colours.
Pooja Wang had quirky hand-painted and machineembroidered light-weight denim shirts for summer (Rs 6,500 onwards) and a wide collection of party frocks made with lace, soft satin and feathers for toddlers (Rs 9,000 onwards)