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D’ASCOLI

@dascoli_

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Fashion created and made in India using ancient & modern techniques.

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Presenting INDIA: A Journey Within and Without tomorrow at @asianow with @aminjaffer_curator and @styleanddesignflammarion
📸 @ambroisetezenas
Thank you @alexandrafain_asianow @cecileojalvodascoli @karinrudnicki @laurefdc
@dascoli_ taken in Paris, France by @dascoli_

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The adventure of a lifetime - to refine my craft by learning from masters, to build a team that strives to create beauty based on a foundation of heritage using ancient and contemporary techniques. Each day at the Talianna Studio yields new discoveries.
#art #history #culture #india
a journey within and without taken in Faridabad by @dascoli_

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Traditional Indian clothing is a vibrant expression of culture, spirituality, and regional heritage, defined by a rich tapestry of bold colors, complex dyeing methods, and detailed hand-embroidery.
Even as less expensive, industrial dying, printing, and embroidery techniques replace handmade processes, traditional aesthetics and sensibilities remain.
Here in rural Rajasthan the wife of a manihar (the traditional Muslim community that inherits the ancient art of rolling, shaping, and painting lac bangles), her attire is a living "social code" that signals her trade, community status, and marital life stage of life.
#heritage #craft #history #india
INDIA: a journey within and without taken in Rajasthan, India by @dascoli_

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Along the way..... taken in India by @dascoli_

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"India: A Journey Within And Without" is, ultimately, a book to be contemplated as much as read. It is a magnificent work celebrating an India shaped by the centuries yet still vibrantly alive—a land where beauty accompanies everyday life and craftsmanship becomes a legacy.
It is a book that inspires dreams, certainly, but above all, one that evokes the uncanny sensation of being somewhere else. It allows you to turn a page and find yourself standing before a palace, inside a workshop, amidst a landscape, or face-to-face with a detail so exquisite you long to touch it.
A book of sublime beauty, it gradually draws us into its pages until it truly transports us to India.
- 🙏🏼 @indeenlivres
"Inde : La main et l'Esprit" ·
Texte de Peter D'Ascoli · Photographies d'Ambroise Tézenas
Préface de S.A. le Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh de Jaipur
Éditions Flammarion

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@pachojaipur taken in Delhi, India by @dascoli_

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The artist @ambroisetezenas documenting a merchant's house in Srinagar for our book: INDIA a journey within and without. Out now at bookstores everywhere.
@styleanddesignflammarion @rizzolibooks @rolibooks
#heritage #delhi #india @burhan_ud_din_khateeb @syedfazalkashani
@dascoli_ taken in Srinagar, Kashmir by @dascoli_

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#sustainablefashion #craft #india taken in India by @dascoli_

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KANTHA
A new collection of silk dresses and tops inspired by antique embroidery interpreted with a contemporary sensibility.
#art #history #culture
online now taken in India by @dascoli_

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The artist @ambroisetezenas documenting daybreak on Dal lake in Srinagar for our upcoming book: INDIA a journey within and without. Available now. @styleanddesignflammarion @rizzolibooks @rolibooks
#heritage #delhi #india
Sufi wisdom is a profound, heart-centered mystical path within Islam that prioritizes the direct, experiential realization of divine unity (Tawhid) over mere intellectual understanding. At its core, this tradition views the entire universe as a temporary reflection of the Divine, urging seekers to look past the illusion of separation and recognize the single reality connecting all existence. To achieve this state of awareness, practitioners dedicate themselves to subduing and transforming the individual ego (nafs), a process of spiritual purification known as ego annihilation (Fana). Rather than relying solely on rigid legalism or intellectual logic, Sufism uses experiential love (Ishq) as its primary vehicle, viewing the relationship between the human soul and God as a passionate bond between a lover and the Beloved.
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🙏🏼 @syedfazalkashani @burhan_ud_din_khateeb taken in Dal Lake, Kashmir by @dascoli_

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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Rabindranath Tagore taken in India by @dascoli_

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In India, color is not merely an aesthetic choice; it is a visual language, an emotional state, and a form of cultural shorthand. To understand Indian maximalism is to understand a philosophy where emptiness is often viewed as a missed opportunity for storytelling, and decoration is handled with an exuberance that defies Western minimalist sensibilities.

This joyful saturation of detail reflects a cultural version of horror vacui, the fear of empty spaces, where every blank surface serves as an invitation to honor the complexity of the universe. To decorate maximally is to invite prosperity, ward off negative energies, and express gratitude for life's bounty.
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@dascoli_ #handmade #heritage #craft #art #india taken in Samode Palace by @dascoli_

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