Waris Ahluwalia
Waris Ahluwalia
Waris Ahluwaliais an Indian American designer and actor based in New York City. His company, House of Waris, has collaborated with a number of other designers and artists throughout the years. House of Waris came into being after the owners of Maxfield's in Los Angeles noticed Ahluwalia's elaborate diamond rings and placed an order, which sold out...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
CountryUnited States of America
butcher craft history means reason tailor
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
tailors fabric hunts
I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
life moved spent
I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
best
I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.
I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
life since
'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
house magical workshop
My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
narrow
My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.
life slight sort
I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
It took me a while to find myself.
supporting
Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.
dispel people
If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
diamonds future gold holds love past telling work
I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
less saying
I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.