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Waris Ahluwalia        

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Waris Singh Ahluwalia is a popular Indian American jewelry designer and actor. He immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of five, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He is based in New York City but has also lived in Los Angeles and travels frequently to Rome, Italy, Japan and Rajasthan, India, where most of his jewelry is made. He sells his jewelry through his company, House of Waris, and has collaborated with the fashion designer Benjamin Cho. In addition to his work in jewelry, he has had a number of small roles in films (most notably those of his friend Wes Anderson) and commercials. His lives with his partner Chiara Clemente, daughter of the painter Francesco Clemente.

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20 Odd Questions for Waris Ahluwalia
TEN YEARS AGO, director Wes Anderson gave his friend Waris Ahluwalia the role of an intrepid maritime explorer in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou." It turned out to be a prescient bit of casting: Since then, Mr. Ahluwalia, 39, has been unafraid to test all kinds of uncharted waters. Along with acting and jewelry design (under his label House of Waris), he's created pop-up restaurants, written for the Paris Review and collaborated with a variety of companies, from eyewear label Illesteva to French clothing brand A.P.C.
Waris Ahluwalia Jewelry & Accessories Designer. New York
Jewelry designer Waris Ahluwalia is no one-trick pony. Having made his name as a downtown tastemaker with his line, House of Waris, he's also been known to pop up in the occasional Wes Anderson flick (NBD).
Waris Ahluwalia - A Ubiquitous Presence, However Unlikely ...
What better place to debut a jewelry collection by Waris Ahluwalia than the regal Explorers Club on the Upper East Side? With its wood paneling, stained-glass ...

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