{"id":770,"date":"2015-10-28T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogaan.com\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2016-02-19T12:24:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:24:18","slug":"kassia-karr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ogaan.com\/blog\/kassia-karr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kassia Karr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kassia Karr
Co-founder of Dear<\/a>, talks to us about her work with Dear and growing into her
personal style <\/h3>\n

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Kassia wears sari by Abraham & Thakore and ear jackets by Dvibhumi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q. What do you do?<\/strong>
\nA. I currently run a multidisciplinary studio in Delhi called Dear. Our primary focus is on filmmaking \u2013 we do a mix of commercial and documentary work. Mostly branded content and documentaries, which we try as much as we can to pursue when we have time.
\nQ. What have some of your favourite projects been?<\/strong>
\nA. For personal projects, we have this one short documentary series called The Billion. Over the years we\u2019ve read about different stories of ordinary people who have a really unique hobby or pursuit. So then we go visit them and do a short film about the things they do. There\u2019s a guy that builds wacky cars in Hyderabad, a guy who does vegetable carving, a guy in west Bengal who\u2019s a traditional painter but had really risqu\u00e9 or taboo subject material. Stuff like that \u2013 little quirky stories. It\u2019s fun for us because we get to travel and meet interesting people. <\/p>\n

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Kassia wears sari by Anavila and danglers & necklace by Dvibhumi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q. Tell us about your experience dealing with clients.<\/strong>
\nA. We\u2019ve been really lucky and have been able to work with some really good clients. It\u2019s ended up being a lot of people in the fashion and culture space \u2013 so ongoing work with Indelust, some work with Bhane, and Blue Tokai, the coffee company. Right now we\u2019re doing something for Amrapali. We\u2019re pretty young, it\u2019s still growing. We\u2019re not looking to take on things we\u2019d have to compromise on, for us it\u2019s more about the quality than the scale.<\/p>\n

Q. What\u2019s your personal style?<\/strong>
\nA. On the whole, very, very minimal. That\u2019s happened within the last two years or so. I used to be very into a retro, \u201850s, cat-eye, rockabilly hair sort of thing for a long time in college. I think that was a very sort of maximal style. Coming from that, it got to a point where I thought, I just want things to be simple. I want my closet to be full of things I can easily mix and match, and I don\u2019t have to fuss with too much. But at the same time I like things that aren\u2019t very conventional looking, so it\u2019s not just straightforward basics \u2013 I like to invest in pieces which are a little unusual or eye-catching in some way.
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Kassia wears jumpsuit by Bodice and earrings & cuff by Malvika Vasvani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q. Do you wear saris often? Can you tell us about a memorable sari you\u2019ve worn?<\/strong>
\nA. I used to wear them quite a bit when I first came to India about 8 years ago, and I was studying in south India for a year. At that time I wore Indian clothing pretty much every single day \u2013 a mix between salwaar kameez and saris. I think living in Delhi it\u2019s now dwindled down to just occasions. If there\u2019s a project where I have to go to a rural area, I feel more comfortable wearing Indian clothing.
\nI have a really early sari memory. When I was growing up, my mom had a friend who had visited India, and she gave her a sari as a gift. I had it in what was essentially my dress-up box for years, and I never knew how to tie it, but I\u2019d always kind of wrap it around \u2013 and it was beautiful, with silk embroidery, light and drapey. I wish I still had it. It\u2019s interesting that I owned it before I ever came to India.
\nI\u2019ve not been too experimental when I wear saris, mostly because of the context in which I wear them. If I were to wear one on a casual occasion, I like Anavila\u2019s linen saris \u2013 it\u2019s a very elegant, everyday fabric. I wouldn\u2019t dress it up too much with any jewelry or anything, just let the sari stand on its own.<\/p>\n

Q. Tell us about what you wore today.<\/strong>
\nA. I think what appealed to me most with the Abraham & Thakore sari and the Bodice blouse was the fabrics. Mashru feels beautiful and wears very nicely. And I love that colour \u2013 deep, midnight blue. I would wear it to a nice evening concert performance \u2013 it sounds a little cheesy, but something like that. It\u2019s almost a cocktail sari, in a way.
\nI could wear the pink sari to a gallery opening. [laughs] You could wear the blouse with jeans.
\nI love this whole Bodice collection, but this piece in particular is very utilitarian, and it works for a lot of different scenarios.<\/p>\n

Shop Anavila\u2019s Collection <\/strong><\/a>
\nShop Abraham & Thakore\u2019s Collection <\/strong><\/a>
\nShop Dvibhumi\u2019s Collection<\/strong><\/a>
\nShop Malvika Vasvani\u2019s Collection <\/strong><\/a>
\nShop Bodice\u2019s Collection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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