In celebration of traditional craftspeople and ancient printing techniques, Naveli Choyal travelled to Rajasthan to photograph Anaak's summer collection in the lockprinter's village of Bagru, in Rajasthan, Northern India...

I once heard from a linguist that the hardest thing about machine translation is not the incongruity of different languages but wild human inconsistency in any single language, that we rarely say anything the same way twice...

It’s hard to concisely describe Soon Mini because it seems to be in constant motion. At the beginning of the pandemic it was a way to feed friends affordably while we were in lockdown...

I’m lucky to live in a nature-filled canyon in the north east part of Los Angeles with outdoor space and a home studio. We cook, garden, and make outdoor pizza on the grill — it’s really been the ideal set up for the lockdown year...

I love reworked clothing, whether it be vintage or new. Two of my favorite jackets are reworked vintage: one is an oversized cotton jacket with a fur collar sewn into it, the other is a military liner jacket that was reworked into a kimono shape...

When I first moved to the US I was living in Irvine, the roads were so wide and no one walked on the streets, I wasn’t used to that coming from the walkable city where I grew up. Eventually I moved to LA and really started to explore...

When sitting down for a meal, I always say “itadakimasu” and then “gochisousama deshita” when I finish eating, even if I am alone. These Japanese phrases translate loosely to “I humbly accept this food” and “thank you for the feast”...

The dresses, matching the water and sky as the sun was setting, the way the fabric moved in the wind and simply being by the water was exhilarating - a breeze moving fabric shapes an entire mood for me - the fit and flow of Anaak dresses with the sunset light is a feeling I don’t know if I have...

Lisa Przystup at home and in the Western Catskills for Anaak — speaking of her book: Upstate: Living Spaces with Space to Live...

Nehalem Bay State Park, with its rolling dunes, migrating whales and deep green conifers. The air always smells like the sweetest candy because of the sappy trees...‍

Tara Mayer is living life with her senses alight, cultivating a generous flame that she wisely protects to nourish her multiple roles as an accomplished scholar, writer, and mother.

Standing, she’s a Chinese peony. Sitting, a tree peony. Walking, she’s as lovely as a lily. — Japanese proverb