Having always doodled anime characters on the last page of her school books, the decision to follow her imagination turned out to be the easy part.

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For those looking to raid hers, the young star recites a quick list of brands that she frequents: Naked Wolfe, Minga London, Taka and Dollskill. It is, of course, impossible for any discourse on her online avatar to not ultimately circle to that winged eyeliner.

It could be the archetypal Gen Zer fighting a losing battle with tangled earphones or navigating boy trouble. During my last holiday, I was actually stopped at multiple airport security stations because they thought I was carrying a weapon,” she laughs, before pausing thoughtfully.

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In all likelihood, that version of Krutika would have found her place in one of the many pockets of the internet and ended up commanding a decent following too.The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. In comparison, Krutika’s only entourage appears to be a razor-sharp winged eyeliner, a cow-print backdrop and a seemingly endless carousel of bucket hats. It can take up to a week to find the perfect outfits and wigs—my sister and I often sit down and DIY the accessories ourselves, sometimes spending four hours just to create a hairdo the way we want it,” she enthuses.