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Byline: Andre Leon Talley
I recently stopped by the Costume Institute of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art-where my fashion career began in the seventies-to see the Indian royal costumes I had glimpsed once upon a time, when I worked for Diana Vreeland.
I arrived early on a Friday morning, and Cole Porter's "Night and Day" was coming softly from a portable CD player as the archivists handled the clothing treasures with white gloves, and a pair of research associates gave me a lavish "tour" of the excesses of wealthy Indians' dress. Out came a gold-
encrusted navy wedding achkan worn by the late maharaja of Karpurthala in 1907, as well as the herringbone-patterned ...