Raja Kumari Instagram – The Word. invited eight tastemakers to celebrate Christian Louboutin’s India-exclusive capsule—‘La Vie en Inde’, a love letter to the country’s centuries-old relationship with jewellery, colour, and craftsmanship. Drawing on the luminous tones of the Navratna, or nine precious gemstones, and Monsieur Louboutin’s longstanding relationship with India, each stone’s aura is translated into lacquered reds, emerald greens, deep sapphires, and luminous golds across sculptural stilettos, jewel-bright sneakers, and the Maison’s iconic Paloma bags. The collection feels celebratory and is heritage refracted through a global lens.
For this special editorial photo essay, The Word. spoke with creatives from across fields—cinema, music, art, photography, and design—about style, celebration, inspiration, and the joie de vivre…an ode to the festivities and how each one of them makes it their own.
Raja Kumari is wearing the Diwadonna 80 from ‘La Vie en Inde’ collection by @christianlouboutin.
Shirt by @lineoutline.in . Sari by @payalkhandwala . Earring by @shopeurumme . Necklace worn as headpiece by @shopanatina
Editor-in-Chief: Nandini Bhalla (@nandinibhalla)
Photographer: Tarun Kalyani (@tarun_kalyani)
Styling: Who Wore What When (@who_wore_what_when)
Make-up and Hair: Rakshanda Irani (@rakshandairanimakeupandhair), Fauziya
Shaikh (@fauziya_glamup)
Content Director: Radhika Bhalla (@radhika_bhalla)
Bookings Manager: Taerra Banaji (@taerra.b)
Styling Assts: @d.shubham_j @tapaswini_dalai_
Photography Asst: (@ashe_98_ @rakovinaizho)
Make-up Asst: (@makeupbyishakothari)
Styling Assts: (@thechaitanyaaofficial @tapaswini_dalai_ )
Production: (@p.productions_)
#TheWordMagazine #ChristianLouboutin #Navratna #LaVieEnInde | Posted on 09/Oct/2025 12:11:36
