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Explore the Collection →Raghavendra Rathore: The Man Who Gave the Bandhgala a Future
Trained at Parsons and apprenticed under Oscar de la Renta and Donna Karan
Trained at Parsons and apprenticed under Oscar de la Renta and Donna Karan, the scion of the Jodhpur royal family returned to India with an uncompromising conviction: that the classic Rajput Bandhgala was the equal of any Savile Row tuxedo
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Raghavendra Rathore: The Man Who Gave the Bandhgala a Future
Trained at Parsons and apprenticed under Oscar de la Renta and Donna Karan, the scion of the Jodhpur royal family returned to India with an uncompromising conviction: that the classic Rajput Bandhgala was the equal of any Savile Row tuxedo
“Gayatri Devi took the pastel chiffon saree and paired it with Basra pearls and minimal jewellery: effortless, modern, and peerlessly sophisticated.”
On the birth of modern royal style
The Collector: Inside One Family's Five Generations of Indian Art
Behind the heavy teak doors of a private family estate in New Delhi rests one of the world's most significant private repositories of Indian artistic heritage. Spanning 16th-century Mughal leaves, lyrical Kishangarh miniatures, and sacred Chola bronzes, here is a rare conversation on the solemn responsibility of custodianship
14 min read
The Hotelier Restoring Rajasthan's Forgotten Fortresses
Across the rocky ridges of Rajasthan stand hundreds of abandoned medieval fortresses, their sandstone ramparts crumbling into the desert scrub. One visionary preservationist pioneered a movement to rescue these sleeping giants — turning ruins into living, self-sustaining monuments
12 min read
The Maharani Who Built a Fashion Empire
From the moment Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur appeared on the best-dressed lists of Vogue in the 1940s, the style of the Indian royal woman captivated the world. Today, modern royal entrepreneurs have transformed that sartorial authority from personal glamour into celebrated international fashion enterprises
15 min read
The Chef Bringing Royal Cuisine to the World
For decades, the recipes of India's princely courts were treated as military secrets, guarded by royal khansamas until they were lost to history. One master chef has made it his life's mission to track down these lost culinary manuscripts and bring them to the world's most discerning tables
11 min readHistory is made by individuals with the conviction to create. THE ROYAL GALLERYS presents in-depth portraits of the designers, collectors, hoteliers, and custodians who define our cultural era.
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