Shashwat By Anju Modi Bombay Times Fashion Week

‘Shashwat’ pays tribute to the power of generational legacy. It shows how love and prayers; as well as personal values, and cultural traditions in the form of family heirlooms, flow from the fountain of feminine grace, nurtured from generation to generation.

Amidst wedding festivities, the very close-knit trio of a young bride-to-be, her mother, and her grandmother experience flashbacks that feel like nostalgic reminders, or realisations for the future.

Life has come full circle for the mother, who sees a reflection of herself in her daughter. The young girl is poised on the threshold of change. Hopes and dreams are draped around her, shimmering with the strength of blessings from women who have stood where she stands now. Tomorrow she will be in her mother’s and grandmother’s place, the legacy will be stronger and richer.

Shashwat indeed, for it is instinctive, and almost as old as time itself. The flow of the generational legacy is often subtle, effortless. It is a secret hidden in plain sight, one that keeps the world spinning on its axis.
(EVEN THOUGH THE MOTHER SEES A REFLECTION OF HERSELF IN THE DAUGHTER, THERE IS A DIFFERNCE IN THE WAY THE DAUGHTER IMBIBES AND ACTS ON THE VALUES PASSED DOWN TO HER- BY WAY OF HER MODERNITY, INDEPENDENCE AND STRENGTH- WE NEED TO BRING THIS ASPECT OUT BY WAY OF STYLING)