S4E11: From India to the World: Fashion, Culture and Identity | Priyanka Khanna
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Welcome to Season 4, Episode 11 of The IKKIVI Podcast, where we sit down with Priyanka Khanna, author, art, design, and fashion writer, and speaker based in Mumbai. After beginning her career at Hearst Magazines in New York, Priyanka went on to spend 15 years as Fashion Features Director at Vogue India, where she played a key role in shaping how Indian fashion, culture, and design are represented across print and digital platforms. Today, she is a contributing editor at The World of Interiors and The Nod, the author of the novel All The Right People, and is currently working on her second book.
In this episode, we explore the evolution of Indian fashion and its growing influence on global style, India’s unique balance between tradition and modernity, and how storytelling in fashion and media impacts culture and identity. Priyanka shares her journey into writing, her perspective on cultural appreciation versus appropriation, and her advice for aspiring creatives, writers, and fashion professionals navigating a rapidly changing creative industry.
If you’re interested in Indian fashion, global design, conscious storytelling, and the future of creativity, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
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