Before the first look, Blazy even teased the mood with an animation film of woodland animals at work in the Chanel ateliers, “Cinderella” style: a wink that said this would be couture, but not grim.

In a small village in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district — set inside one of the region’s largest marble mining belts — a tradition began with heartbreak. When Padma Shri awardee Shyam Sundar Paliwal lost ...