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Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh Bring Bata Heels to London
Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh are designers from Delhi, India.
They showed a new clothing collection at London Fashion Week.
The collection was inspired by everyday life in India before the internet became common.
They turned familiar Bata sandals into high-heeled shoes.
Pictures from schoolbooks, including ears and lips, appeared on clothes.
Posters about an ideal boy were also used in eveningwear.
Some outfits remembered mothers getting ready to wear saris.
The designers wanted international viewers to see ordinary Indian memories in a new way.
Their show mixed nostalgia, humor and handmade-looking designs.
Delhi-based designers Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh made their London Fashion Week debut with India: IYKYK.
The Spring/Summer 2027 collection drew on everyday memories of India from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Bata chappals were transformed into sculptural kitten heels, with black ankle bands referencing protection from the evil eye.
Schoolbook illustrations, Adarsh Balak posters, painted signs and family memories became fashion motifs.
The collection presented Indian visual culture through ordinary, playful references rather than relying mainly on traditional occasionwear.
- Who
- Delhi-based designers Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh.
- What
- They presented their Spring/Summer 2027 collection, India: IYKYK, at their London Fashion Week debut.
- Where
- Lindley Hall in Victoria, London.
- When
- During London Fashion Week, as part of the Spring/Summer 2027 collection presentation.
- Why
- The designers wanted to explore personal memories and everyday Indian visual culture from the pre-digital era beyond conventional occasionwear.
Key facts
- Designers
- Amrita Khanna and Gursi Singh
- Collection
- India: IYKYK
- Season
- Spring/Summer 2027
- Event
- London Fashion Week debut
- Venue
- Lindley Hall, Victoria, London
- Footwear reference
- Bata chappals transformed into kitten heels
- Key inspirations
- Pre-digital India, schoolbook drawings, Adarsh Balak posters and family memories
Quotes
Amrita Khanna
Delhi-based fashion designer and member of the design partnership behind the collection
“With this collection, we wanted to explore the world that existed before digital printing: when signs, billboards, and photo studio backdrops were all painted by hand.”
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“I don’t think it has hit me yet. This all just feels too surreal and overwhelming.”
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