WHAT BEGAN AS A PASSION PROJECT TO ALLEVIATE PERSONAL PAIN POINTS HAS EVOLVED INTO A CREATIVE OUTLET THAT I AM CURATING IN FRONT OF THE WORLD.

(only photo i could find of my first ever creation that took me hourrrsss to make)

DURING LOCKDOWN, I WAS LEFT WITH MY THOUGHTS & MY HANDS REACHED FOR YARN AND A CROCHET HOOK; I TAUGHT MYSELF TO CROCHET MY FIRST-EVER JACKET INSPIRED BY A PIECE HARRY STYLES WORE. THAT’S WHEN I REALIZED THAT I LOVE CREATING PIECES THAT I COULD WEAR WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. THOUGH CROCHETING WAS MY FIRST STEP INTO CREATING, I KNEW I DIDN’T WANT TO RESTRICT MYSELF TO THAT, SO I DECIDED I WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A LEHENGA. I FINALLY LEARNED AFTER COUNTLESS FAILED ATTEMPTS AT BLOUSE & SKIRT MAKING ALL THROUGH YOUTUBE UNIVERSITY.

(my first ever social media post about making lehengas)

THE FIRST-EVER LEHENGA THAT I MADE WAS THIS ALL-BLACK ONE WITH A THICK GOLD BORDER AND HAND-GLUED ALL THE SILVER EMBELLISHMENTS ON THE DUPATTA. ONCE I MADE THIS LEHENGA, I KNEW I THERE’S NO GOING BACK.

BUT THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY IN FASHION, ONE THING THAT NEVER STOPPED: MY CONTENT. FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN CREATING CLOTHES, I HAVE ALSO BEEN CREATING CONTENT AND SHARING MY FASHION JOURNEY. THOSE TWO GO HAND IN HAND NOW AND ARE A DEFINITE PACKAGE DEAL.

AS MY ART HAS EVOLVED, SO HAVE I. BY SHAYA IS AN EXTENSION OF ME, MY PERSPECTIVES, AND MY LIFE EXPERIENCES. BY SHAYA HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER EXIST WITHOUT ME, AND I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE THE SHAYA THAT I AM TODAY WITHOUT BY SHAYA.

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