How is it going for Genes Lecoanet Hemant?
From 2004 onwards, we were doing test trial for Genes. The first one was for luxury ready-to-wear. Then it became luxury pret-a-porter and then near couture...
Candy is dandy
The pandemic has awakened our desires for everything sweet, innocent, childlike and pastoral. So what better than candy? Candy pink is topping the charts again this season. Think berri...
Icons and trends
• The great men: Emperors Akbar and Genghis Khan wore moustaches to great effect, as statements of power.
• The scary companions: Hitler, Stalin, Veerappan. In 2015, a cos...
Fargo’s admission of the volume of sales could also be taken as a recognition of the Indian diaspora’s purchasing power as well as international interest in the fashion of the east without...
It is a homage to Chandigarh since we traced creative director Gursy Singh’s roots in the city and its artistic heritage.
How nostalgic was it to put it together?
It was extremely nostalgic bu...
The partnership between Tarun Tahiliani and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFR) entails the launch of a new contemporary men’s ethnicwear brand soon. The new brand aims to build a Rs 500 cror...
A 2014 survey conducted by Maria do Mar Pereira at the department of Sociology at the University of Warwick found that 14-year-old girls were “dumbing themselves down”, pretending to be le...
The saris are statement-y. What are perfect occasions to wear them?
Cocktails most definitely. I even see it as Mehndi (wear). And, even weddings as well. Why does a bride always have to wear the tra...