India, Feb. 20 -- In the special Valentine's edition of HT Showstoppers, we look at Aneeth Arora, the textile artist and dressmaker behind pero.

While the world celebrates romance with roses and ribbons, Aneeth has spent the last 16 years writing a continuous love letter to India's craft heritage.

Her brand is a labour of love, one where every stitch is a heartbeat and every button is a promise of being "handmade with love."

For Aneeth, the romance didn't start on a runway, but in the classrooms of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai and later National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. She recalls a pivotal moment during her final collection at NIFT, when she noticed everyone sourcing from the same textile marke...