Levitate™ India - The 1st Stop CrazY Shop 4.33

If you live in Bangalore, and are always looking for offbeat places to shop at or buy funky Indian Gifts for International friends or business colleagues, then surely at some point you found your way to Levitate. Congratulations! you have arrived at the best kept secret shopping destination of the city with the craziest and zaniest handmade Indian merchandise under one roof.
Walk into Levitate and you feel like you’ve stepped into a world of fantasy. Your childhood visions of Alladin’s treasures, or Ali Baba’s cave have come to life. When you’ve recovered from the impact, the next thing that hits you is a burst of jewel like colors. Levitate is the place where Bright hues and funky Indian sayings find their way onto T-shirts; Earthy Embroidery and matt mirrorwork on Kurtas and Kaftans, harem pants, loose fitting kurtas, all in brilliant disarray.
Your next thought is that you’ve stepped into a huge closet belonging to a flower child of the sixties or even a better version of a Goan flea market in Anjuna. But even before you can catch your breath, there’s more to see. Slippers with brocade or embroidery or conch shells, Roman sandals in leather fit your feet, and flower accessories and ebony hair sticks for your hair, for your fingers there are rings. Earrings range from the nomadic chandeliers, to delicate motifs to evergreen hoops. Nose studs and toe rings are a hot favorite with the ladies, and if that’s not enough, there is a wide array of alternative jewelry made of clay, coconut, wood, shell, bone, glass beads etc. Surprisingly, there is a range of things for men as well, Vintage motorcycle print t-shirts, handmade unisex jewelry, leather man-bags and footwear. the range of handcrafted kitschy bric-a-brac from all across India and unusual lifestyle accessories make great gifts, that actually make a quirky statement. Personal accessories by Levitate include a designer range tribal embroidery and hand-stitched leather belts and bright colored fabric bags, footwear, hats, stoles etc. Levitate offers an uplifting and eclectic mix of really old and new India. There’s often so much to see at Levitate, you don’t know where to begin. “Seek and ye shall find!” is what comes to mind.
To have started off in a tiny back room of a restaurant called ‘93’ more than ten years ago to their present flagship Store ensconced on the Mezzanine Floor of 100 Ft. Boutique Restaurant (on 100 Ft. Road, Indiranagar) Levitate has managed to keep alive its mission to showcase India in a room with an diverse mix of unusual and exciting jewelry, apparel and life & style accessories. The underlying ethos of Levitate is Earthy Indian fashion for people who love color and are not afraid to make a statement and wear their heart on a sleeve.
Drop in, stay a while. There’s plenty to see, buy and chat about. It’s an unusual little place, there’s no doubt about that.