Ranjani Raghavan Instagram – I am totally in love with the look and the authentic jewellery by @masterpiece_heritage 😍 masterpiece_heritage is a heritage jewellery rental brand that makes borrowing jewellery for your special occasions extremely affordable and sustainable as a life style choice of mindful consumption. – This shoot is not about capturing a staged vintage look or a made up retro setup. This about really going into the times behind us, into the rich cultural span, witnessing that sight almost through a time travel-like experience. Very natural and very real, yet of a time we can only imagine. This is about bringing forth the timelessness of a time. – Just like how people look up to celebrities in the present times as style icons to influence their own sense of style, people in the past looked up to Royalty as icons of style and fashion. They become the quintessential trendsetters. Through various artisans in the palaces, political travels and alliances, symbolic animals, floras and fauna of the time, important events of the states emerged various elements of fashion. – Be the broach on the saree – representing the Mysore crest – Gandaberunda, the classic adikke, use of pearls and stones in abundance or the solid studded daabu, they all tell tales of a certain land and a certain time. – This shoot is a culmination of style icons – The Royalty of Mysore and of an able celebrity. We bridge the gap of the two times and bring to people the importance of roots and of finding your own in the modern times.