Street style at Paris fashion week. Composite: Rex/Getty Street-style stars, those fashion-forward folks papped outside shows, have arguably become as trend-setting as any model or celebrity. At one of this season’s most hyped shows, JW Anderson in London, for example, over 50 photographers swarmed outside the entrance looking for their photographic prey, making it hard … Read More →
ALONGSIDE SINGAPORE AND Hong Kong, Dubai’s reputation for custom tailoring is one of the most enticing aspects of the city for those who wish to shun the ‘off-the-rack’ experience and venture into the more personalised fashion realm. We absolutely love it. The creativity exuding from various designs not only shows off the wearer’s individuality, it … Read More →
It’s a summer Friday morning in Manhattan, and Emmanuel Saujet has just settled into a corner table at the NoMad Hotel’s atrium restaurant. Though the Flatiron District hotel is hardly a cheap place to score breakfast (oatmeal will set you back $16 here), the NoMad has no dress code—jeans, polo shirts and hoodies predominate. Yet … Read More →
The sari never goes out of fashion. And, it’s safe to say that the audience for it keeps getting wider, and younger. Lush Benarasi silks are often passed on as heirlooms, but many are investing more and more in contemporary forms of the traditional weave. Delhi-based textile designer Tanira Sethi is catering to the market … Read More →
It’s the company that’s showing foreign entrants how to succeed in the Indian retail maze. Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz has been on the fast track from when it opened in September 2015. This month, it’s moving further into India’s second-tier cities and launching in different corners of the country — Indore, Coimbatore, Amritsar … Read More →
Customers often have a hard time while buying the right leather footwear suitable to their needs. With environmental causes and animal rights campaigns gaining momentum around the world, many are choosing to ditch real leather for synthetic leather. Ravindra Bhatia, founder of leather menswear shoe brand Egoss, and Sonia Agarwal, marketing head of another shoe brand La Briza, … Read More →
Sophie Choudry first captured our collective pop culture consciousness in the early 2000s, as a VJ with MTV India. Since then, she’s cut albums and acted in movies. Choudry is one of those who can carry off an Indian ensemble flawlessly and also rock a chic shift dress. Here are her style secrets. What are … Read More →