Sabyasachi heavily trolled, Internet critics call models ‘Egyptian mummies’

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India’s cultural heritage, has ended up as a punching bag for Internet trolls.
Ace fashion designer Sabyasachi, who recently launched his autumn collection has found himself in a bit of a pickle after his labour of love was turned into a laughing stock by social media trolls.
Taking to Instagram, the designer shared photos of his collection ‘HERITAGE BRIDAL 2023’. The first picture shows four women dressed in ornate sarees and chunky jewellery, sporting poker faces and staring vacantly. Each of them is shown wearing sunglasses and sporting heavily kohled eyes.
While the post did gain over 31K likes on Instagram, it also got a severe backlash for making the models appear expressionless.
Taking a potshot at the designer, one X user shared the picture on the microblogging site and wrote, “Great to see #sabyasachi come out with a fashion line for mourning.”

Another described the models as ‘Egyptian mummies.”

“I say even mannequins would do a better job. These look like Egyptian mummies resurrected from the dead,” reads the comment.
Another X user quipped about the poker-faced models and described them as “grumpy.”
“Is it just me or do they look so grumpy, disinterested, naraaz chachi types,” reads the comment.
Taking a satirical stand against the vacant expressions, another Twitter user wrote, that the pictures reflect the state of women under the rule of Narendra Modi.

However, some comments went below the belt, targeting the model’s appearance.
“How long Sabyasachi will hire ugly models to give life to his lifeless clothes,” wrote a troll.

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Trolling aside, it seems that the ace designer has no dearth of authentic patrons who doesn’t hesitate to splurge on his