From Mother to Daughter: The legacy of our ancestors
Jewellery Designer Anisha Parmar (Ani) & Fashion Designer Shilpa Bilimoria (Shi) have come together to create
Ani & Shi: Trailblazers for Heritage Style
A significant overlap in both their own practices is how they embody this multicultural identity in the present day and the expression of the gratitude and homage they feel and pay to their heritage.
The designers met in Wembley, exhibiting their work, and through that platform came to know each other well. Both Anisha & Shilpa looked to each other for inspiration, support and moving their individual visions forward.
After sometime the dots began to connect, and they discovered how much synergy there was between them, where they came from, their heritage and ancestral journeys.
Somehow all of the ambition and drives behind each ones aesthetic for creation sat alongside the others as a reinforcement of connectivity.
With Anisha making statement luxury jewellery, and Shilpa’s luxury Upcycling they started to bring the looks together naturally.
After many a discussion, what they learned is that the enquiry they both had into unravelling the path of their ancestry was one that was shared.
Here Ani & Shi will delve into this world and share along the way.
Photography by Pierre Papet