Verandah's Anjali Patel Mehta on her two work dens and ‘The White Lotus’

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the world continues to dissect the latest season of comedy-drama The White Lotus, the mood at luxury label house Verandah is cheerful. It’s been that way since the series trailer launched last year and the label’s kaftan was seen on Sritala Hollinger (Thai actor Lek Patravadi).

Actor Natasha Rothwell, who plays the spa manager Belinda Lindsey, also posted a photograph on Instagram wearing another kaftan from the label (as seen in episode six). “The White Lotus aesthetic is exactly what Verandah’s is—vacation chic, but it was a surprise to learn that our clothes were going to be featured in the show," says Anjali Patel Mehta, founder, designer and creative director of Verandah. It was a real bucket list item for us," she says, before crediting costume director Alex Bovaird and team for choosing the label, which was set up in 2011.

In an interview, she discusses all things creative that make her tick: from her chaotic and creative dens to her favourite collections and her go-to holiday spots. Edited excerpts: My current workspace is a mix of cozy, calm, chaotic and colourful. It is tucked away in Lower Parel amid the hustle and bustle of Bombay.

It has everything, from a sample room, to our atelier, to the fabrics I’ve collected over the years, and all my playful experiments. The walls have art, travel memorabilia and nostalgia—things that have inspired me to design. It’s hard to come to work every day because this work space has become a production and discussion space.

I can’t create in chaos. I need silence to think and so, I’ve created a parallel universe at home—it is a little den where I spend a couple of days every week designing. My relationship with my original studio space