As fashion turns into a popular subject for gallery exhibitions where the designer or craft is in the spotlight as hero and artist, we wonder, what about the women who bought and wore the outfits? Usually they find a passing mention in the corner of a placard, thanking them for donating ensembles. Isn’t her power to make the garment larger than life because she chose to wear and preserve it trumping its value at a time when each new season meant throwing out what belonged to the past, worth celebrating?

A new show presented by Baro Market on view at Khotachiwadi’s Gallery 47-A until March 26, pulls one of these women out of the credit note mentions and onto centre- stage. Clothes That Changed The World: Mina Krishnan’s Collection of Issey Miyake, is as much about the enduring influence of the late Japanese designer who passed away last year, as it is a celebration of Krishnan—the art of collecting and a life lived alongside clothes. “This is not a retrospective, nor is it about the serious business of fashion. This is fun. We are looking at it as a celebration of two lives, and the joy they both bring to ours,” says architect Ratan J Batliboi, friend of the Krishnan family and curator of the show.