AsianCajuns Love You. . . and Waris Ahluwalia

For the past week Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Atlanta has been hosting SCADStyle – a series of events that includes lectures, workshops and exhibitions celebrating style. The Sart was in town on Monday, which we unfortunately missed, but we made it to the lecture given by Waris Ahluwalia – jewelry designer, CFDA nominee, actor, purveyor of fine teas and all around Renaissance man.

Does he look familiar to you? If so, you’ve either seen The Life Aquatic, The Inside Man, The Darjeeling Limited or I Am Love. Or maybe you’ve read about his jewelry company, House of Waris. Or his collaboration line, Waris Loves You.

Waris talked about his evolution as a jewelry designer, his love of handmade objects and the craft of jewelry making. He spends most of the year in India and Europe working on his jewelry, but New York is his home – lucky guy. He’s very dapper, which is not surprising since he’s been voted best dressed by GQ and Vanity Fair. I love how he combined his dusty, dark blue trousers and blazer with pink dessert boots.

Lar and I were inspired by his style and confidence in his vision. We took notes throughout the lecture and passed notes back and forth to each other with things like, “Look at his boots!!!” “Where did he get his start up money?” “Where do you think he bought his boots?” “How inspiring!”

The lecture was finished off with this short video he originally shot for Style.com:

And no fashion celeb evening would be complete without an embarrassing photo request. And just for the record, Waris was all smiles and friendliness the whole night. I know he doesn’t look overjoyed in the photo with us – just like The Sart and Lar’s photo – but we figure celebs have to give off a serious vibe in their photos to be considered legit. At least that’s what I tell myself.

A big thanks to Waris for braving the Atlanta tornado weather and answering my two-part question!