What could alternative South Asian beauty look like?
Dil Kaur explores the possibilities of alternative South Asian beauty, calling on us to look beyond Eurocentric beauty standards and imagining what the goth subculture might have looked like had it started in South Asia in the 80s. Article originally commissioned in 2022 for The Fashion Issue that never made it to print.
Brown by birthright, not by bindi
“I don’t think it's fair that in my pursuit for individuality, I’ve somehow grown averse to that which I am.” Dil Kaur discusses identity, privilege, and South Asian beauty standards.