Purushu Arie was founded as a fashion blog in 2009 while Purushu was studying fashion design at NIFT New Delhi. In 2017, Purush Arie's blog evolved into India's 1st exclusively ungendered clothing label. Purushu spoke about gender neutral revolution through fashion at TEDxChennai in March 2018. Purushu's signature silhouettes include tailored lungis and saris. Purushu Arie designs with the ethos of sustainable intersectional inclusivity that defies gender, caste, & class status quo.

Changing Directions

Purushu Arie lungi shirt

Photo: Kumar, Model: Hemanth Sharma, Costume & Styling: Purushu Arie

 

The shape of circle is often attributed to life. A circle seems way too orderly for the chain of random events that contributed this moment. The circle itself changes direction at every infinite point that make up its circumference. Life also moves to-and-fro, like a pendulum in a binary polar. Sometimes, you are the crow and other times, you are the pole. On some days you are the joke and on other days, you make the jokes. But not everything that goes around comes around. Sometimes you know where the direction takes you but other times you never anticipated what was coming. Some directions have remained consistent and infinite. More directions have seemed arbitrary. As a fashion design student who started this blog, I played my strengths by writing about fashion, design, and trends. By early to mid 2010s with peak commercialisation of fashion blogs, the blog & social media posts were increasingly about shopping, OOTDs, travel, holidays and even gadgets and automobiles. Some fads are clearly necessary to fill the omnipresent voids. Some bridges had to be burnt… and with changing directions of continuity and discontinuity, my own target audience have changed over the years. The primary keywords of the website have changed over time. I’ll never accurately know how the winds move but I am steering the directions with all my ability. Changing directions are a reality check and at this hour, the currents are constantly converging and diverging.

 

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13 Comments
  • torontolimostar
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    December 15, 2018

    I really like it. It’s very helpful for everyone. Very Amazing and Interesting blog. Thanks for sharing.

  • Ankit
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    January 5, 2019

    your Blog is Amazing and really knowledgeable content, Interesting blog .

  • Dream Wallet
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    January 6, 2019

    Thank You very much for posting. Very interesting post about changing moods.

  • Sekh Maijul
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    January 18, 2019

    Great after seen the picture. It looks funny but it’s very interesting. Now the culture is coming to lungi.

  • raju
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    April 1, 2019

    interesting blog perfect matching . Thanks for sharing!

  • Noreena Almas
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    June 10, 2019

    Looks to me a traditional costume, I always found unique articles on your blog, keep it up and keep posting articles like this.

  • bhavesh bishnoi
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    June 12, 2019

    nice dresses sir

  • Maria Anna
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    June 29, 2019

    Great looking your pic. crushed

  • Ravi Gupta
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    July 23, 2019

    interesting blog . Thanks for sharing!

  • puja
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    September 22, 2019

    yeh changing direction title is really good.and really your website is so so unique and image also.

  • abdulrehman
    Reply
    October 30, 2019

    great look beautiful drees

  • sonu sharma
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    March 31, 2021

    really missed our role model in Bollywood Please come to Bollywood and show your arts fantastic work man!!

  • rajesh
    Reply
    May 25, 2022

    I like your outfit design , it looks so amazing!

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