Meet the Founders — and Designers — Behind South Asian New York Fashion Week

HP: Svarini [was founded] by Sheel Yerneni, who's a Telugu designer. She's done a very similar job where she takes brocade and silks that are very important to the identity of South India, and she's made these very beautiful European, romantic Italian silhouettes that you can wear as resort wear when you're on vacation. That's something that we don't really see South Indian, or South Asian designers in general, doing in this market.