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DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM A designer and academic rooted in the cause of sustainable fashion, Dr Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade lets Meher Castelino in on her eponymous label. Photographs: Pruthviraj M R Dr Vaibbhavi Pruthviraj Ranavaade is a designer whose heart is in the right place when it comes to fashion. Her thoughts on sustainability are intense and her collections reveal them in large doses. 86 I APPAREL I June 2019