#gidda jewellery

[fourthousandmiles]

When I was a child I remember when my Dad would pull me up if my tops were seen as a little too tight or too low or if a CM of my midriff would be on show, God forbid!

However, my argument back would be

"What about the old biddys in their sari's showing off their entire back fat and tummy rolls, isn't that too revealing"?

Then jokingly add that maybe he should have a word with them for bad influencing me. With a few eye rolls, his argument was flawed.

A few weeks ago I attended this amazing exhibition at the Truman Brewery in London called the 'Beauty Of Being British Asian' (BOBBA), celebrating South Asian culture by Sharan Dhaliwal who is also the brains behind burntroti.com

Whilst at the exhibition I came across the work of Kiran Gidda, I was drawn to the concept of her shoot that was exhibited, illustrating the hypocrisy of South Asian views on showing too much flesh. Such as when women wear saris, their entire midriff is on show but when wearing western clothes, such as Jeans and crop top it's seen as ‘too revealing' or ‘too exposed'. Making a point that a sari blouse and a crop top are basically the same thing.

Kiran is a self-taught photographer from West London. She has a super cool street style to her work, her models imperfectly perfect and unpolished (which is a personal aesthetic when shooting fashion) sets the tone of her style.

Kiran illustrates this hypocritical point of 'revealing too much skin' by shooting her models in sari blouses under water which are seen to look like swimsuits, accessorised in traditional Indian Jewellery.

You can follow Kirans work at kirangidda.com

[silverflowerbynidhi]

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[silverflowerbynidhi]

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