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At 4:30pm EST tomorrow, you can virtually join a conversation led by the founder of The Fashion and Race Database, Kimberly Jenkins, featuring renowned fashion journalist Robin Givhan and luxury retail entrepreneur Sherri McMullen. The conversation is the third and final instalment of a series Jenkins created in partnership with Holt Renfrew’s H Project (which focuses […]

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You could snap up a tote designed by the supermodel just by shopping, too

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I’m staring at a giant blue shaggy rug embedded with splotches of fuchsia when designer Calla Haynes swoops over, points to the fuchsia bits and whispers, “that was my prom dress.” We’re in a well-appointed Rosedale mansion replete with OTT meat-and-cheese-spread for the launch party of The Boucharouite Project, the name of Haynes’ latest artisanal […]

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When Doutzen Kroes picks up the phone, her voice is breathy and has a faint Dutch accent that makes the letter “v” tumble out of her mouth as a pillowy “f.” It’s the kind of posh international accent you’d expect from one of the top supermodels of her generation. What’s equally charming is the casual […]

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If you’ve ever learned a foreign language or read a book that has been translated, you’ll understand the meaning of the term “mother tongue.” We all simply understand things better in the language we were raised. There are nuances to words, turn of phrases that mean one thing to one person, and something else to a person […]

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The H Project is Holt Renfrew’s funky shop-in-shop, but it’s also an ongoing charitable initiative that pairs designers with traditional products and artisans working in more remote parts of the world. After seeing another designer, Andrea Lenczner of Smythe, wearing Brunswick+Co.’s “Beach bag,” on a research trip to Bolivia, Alexandra Weston and the H Project […]

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Earlier this year, we hit New York City with Holt Renfrew for a behind-the-scenes at its latest project: a one-of-a-zine in conjunction with the charitable venture, Uncrate Africa. Last year, we toured India with the Holts team for their first-ever Uncrate adventure. And well, once you globetrot, you just can’t stop. This time around, the […]

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A few months ago our editor-in-chief, Bernadette Morra, joined Waris Ahluwalia and Alexandra Weston, Holt Renfrew’s director of brand strategy, on a tour of India. The focus of the trip was to curate a selection of one-of-a-kind items for H Project’s Uncrate India collection and, now that it’s hit Holt Renfrew stores across Canada, we’re sharing all 50+ items with you!

The H Project Uncrate India collection includes block-print textiles, printed notebooks with playful designs, batik silk scarves and leather goods. The items come from more than 16 designers who were scouted in Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur and Mandawa by Ahluwalia and Weston.

In the age of the selfie, Waris Ahluwalia is the world’s most reluctant subject. In Gap ads and New York social diaries, the actor/jewellery designer appears deadpan and remote. But travelling with him in his native India, I discover a cheerful, easygoing guy with a deep appreciation for handmade things. It’s a passion he shares with Alexandra Weston, Holt Renfrew’s director of brand strategy, who asked Ahluwalia to help curate an “Uncrate India” collection for H Project (available April 1), a section within Holt Renfrew stores offering “extraordinary products with extraordinary stories.” I was invited to tag along on their treasure hunt. Journeying through Rajasthan, seeing expert hands bringing jewellery, scarves and wooden boxes to life was heart-warming for us all. As Weston puts it, “Supporting craft in any way you can is the most important thing you can do, because craft is the way out of poverty.”

Read on to discover our journey through India: