Influencer, Founder at Cai Store, Angel Investor, General Equality Ally UN Women Masoom Minawala is the undisputed queen of India’s fashion and lifestyle content creator ecosystem. With over 1.48 million followers on social media, she began blogging with Miss Style Fiesta in 2010. Making it to the the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 List 2022, she is one of the first creators from India to have walked the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival thrice in a row for L’Oreal Paris’ and attended Paris Fashion Week multiple times for luxury brands like Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Dior, and so on. At the Cannes Film Festival 2022, Minawala-Mehta was also honoured as ‘Most Authentic Fashion Influencer’ at the World Influencers and Blogger Awards (WIBA Global).In addition, this year at Milan Fashion Week, she became the first Indian content creator to walk the runway as the show-stopper for designer Vaishali S. She’s an equity partner and lead innovation & strategy at the e-commerce start-up ‘The CAI Store’, and recently turned Investor by investing in companies like The Betel Leaf & Co, One Impression, Blissclub, Kuku FM, All Things Good and Front Row. She is a proud member of “LuxeBook is an incredible platform that pulls focus on the bestin-class businesses and individuals in the Indian luxury space.” MasoomMinawala Mehta Women’s India Chamber Commerce & Industry (WICCI), India-Austria Bilateral Business Council and now in partnership with UN Women by becoming a Generation Equality Ally. “The luxury landscape is changing and at a time like this, luxury for me is all about practising mindfulness with fashion.” Co-Founder, Saffronart Minal Vazirani is the founder of Mumbaibased auction house Saffronart. In addition to an MBA degree from INSEAD in France, Vazirani also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Additionally, she also has a minor degree in Art History and Indian History. Saffronart was founded in the year 2000. Since its inception, Vazirani has been instrumental in taking Saffronart to the position it holds today. She has curated, planned and organised exhibitions of Indian art within India and internationally as well. This has helped the company garner recognition in destinations like New York and London, with an expanded foray of businesses such as jewellery, textiles and other collectibles. In addition to Saffronart, Vazirani is also the cofounder of the Saffronart Foundation, a platform that uses art to raise awareness about several social issues and movements including education and food security for children. “To me luxury means having the space and time to learn and appreciate the community of art, the history of craftsmanship and the beauty of cultural objects.” Minal Vazirani In addition, she chairs the advisory board for the St+art Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) as well as the India Committee for Women to Watch 2024, an exhibition developed by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. Minal also sits on the advisory board for Aangan Trust, a child protection NGO that enables safe communities for children in hotspots for child harm across India. 32 | | 33
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