The Indo-French fashion designers archive at Bikaner House takes us through 40 years of Lecoanet Hemant history; from their days at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to their new RTW line GENES.

pThe Indo-French fashion designers archive at Bikaner House takes us through 40 years of Lecoanet Hemant history; from their days at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to their new RTW line GENES./p
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pThe eternal outsiders, theyandrsquo;re the Indians in Paris and the Parisians in Delhi. Lecoanet and Hemant have the gift of perspective, of being able to see things from the outside. Which is why when most of the Indian fashion industry is going through a handloom revivalist movement, LH is going in the opposite direction. Theyandrsquo;re all about andlsquo;industrialised elegance.andrsquo;/p pandnbsp;/p
pHemant Sagar, one half of the duo says, andldquo;I am going to be 3D-printing garments for people, completely made to measure, in laser technology within 5-6 years. Because I know employing 300 people, making clothes by hand will be similar to slave driving in 5 years, at a planetary level. It is unethical to be employing people like that.andrdquo;/p
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pThe paradox does not end there. Their journey can be seen in clear binaries. Paris to Delhi, Couture to ready-to-wear, handmade to semi-industrialised andndash; Hemant is vehement that just because something is made by a machine does not make it inferior./p
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pHis argument holds, andldquo;...