2.25pm \u2013 2.35pm:<\/strong>\u00a0Signature Presentation 2: Fashion Designer Installation In Partnership With Toronto Fashion Academy<\/p>\n 2.35pm \u2013 3.15pm:<\/strong>\u00a0Panel Discussion 1: \u201cThe Business of Fashion\u201d Babbuthepainter<\/strong><\/em> is a Toronto based brand with a creative style of modern desi diaspora pop-art. Bringing you the finest products fusing art and street wear. From \u201cbakwaas\u201d hats to hand-painted, pop-art jean jackets<\/strong>, she has a brand that is so distinctive, that there\u2019s no mistaking it anywhere. Hollywood A-Lister, Mindy Kaling has even taken a liking to her art<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Born in India and raised in Canada, Babneet Lakhesar found herself caught between two cultures<\/strong> \u2014 a mix that she is now using to create canvases and clothing as Babbu the Painter. \u201cI got to a point where I realized:\u00a0Why do I have to choose between being a Canadian or an Indian, why can\u2019t I just be both? . . .<\/em> That\u2019s when the whole mesh of the two cultures came out, and that\u2019s what I talk about in my work.<\/strong>\u201d [excerpt from interview with Flare online].<\/p>\n With an Instagram following of over 40K followers<\/strong>, an eclectic clothing<\/strong> line, and innovative products<\/strong> line to boot, this artists star is rising fast and furious.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”50″]\n PHOTO CREDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeremy Cohen[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/preview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/marble-bg-purple.jpg” bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”rgba(0,0,0,0.5)” video_opacity=”0″ min_height=”0″ js_vertical_centered=”true” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”65″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”60″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”50″ size_phone=”25″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Montserrat” font_type=”google” align=”center”]Speakers[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column][mk_divider style=”thin_solid” thin_single_color=”#54548a” thickness=”10″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″][mk_padding_divider size=”75″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”766″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#da2127″ size=”30″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”25″ size_phone=”20″ line_height=”80″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Montserrat” font_type=”google”]Babbu The Painter[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”10″] Pop-Artist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":395,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anokhiprestige.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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