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The Human Side of Luxury

Author Rajesh Sahadevan | July 1, 2021

Rajesh Sahadevan, a participant of the 2017 Yale Global Executive Leadership Program, created The Human Side of Luxury , a documentary about the tailors of Savile Row.

The moving journies of these tailors may well contain the secret ingredient that helps to craft the suits that some of the most powerful and accomplished people in the world desire. The Human Side of Luxury is about the humble backgrounds and lives of these artists, their deep mindfulness to the craft, and the love and authenticity with which they treat it, juxtaposed the commonly understood stereotypes of luxury that talk of exclusivity, status, elitism or the privilege of the few.

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