From Birth to Death

Clothes, as a second skin, reveal a lot about ones personality, social status, tradition, and culture. Based on the life of my mother, I use clothes as a metaphor to trace the different stages of a Hindu woman’s life path from birth through childhood, youth, and adulthood ‘til death. This is the story of thousands of women worldwide who live a life on the wire. From birth to death their role is pre-determined, often with no choice but to play the different roles imposed by men