India, May 5 -- Fashion communicates a great deal through patterns, colors and textures. Those material choices may seem minute on the surface, but in reality, they convey a lot about a person's identity - both personally and socially.Embracing the link between fashion and self-expression, two Carolina students are using fashion to tell a new story about mental health in the South Asian community and quash stigmas still surrounding mental illness.Hrishika Muthukrishnan and Pareen Bhagat recently partnered to design a fashion show that they said traced the progression of mental health perceptions within the South Asian community and shared the mental health journey many South Asian immigrants experience as they transition to life in the U....