Hong Kong, June 30 -- In a COVID-19-struck fashionscape, there are acts of compassion by India's design fraternity that are helping us imagine fashion beyond runways and racks. The latest to join the efforts is Mumbai-based designer Anavila Misra, who has designed masks for and donated to local postmen.

Known for her experiments with linen and reimagining the Indian sari, Misra, along with her team, has donated masks to the Post Master General of Mumbai for the local postmen and women who have been serving tirelessly through the lockdown. She delivered the first batch of 200 masks on Friday at her local post office in Khar and will continue to make more. Created in linen with an inner layer of soft mulmul, these can be washed and reused,...