Shefalee Vasudev, Author at Shefalee Vasudev

Provocations 2024: Beyond the Brain Rot

by Shefalee Vasudev|December 31, 2024December 31, 2024|Editor's Letters, The Voice of Fashion

Letter from The Editor. Fashion imploded this year, driving style shrapnel and culture shock across....

Fashion’s Royalty Bias

by Shefalee Vasudev|December 31, 2024December 31, 2024|Features, The Voice of Fashion

Elitist in preference and fantasy, fashion has long been fascinated by royalty. Has fashion media...

COP29 Conflicts: Fashion’s New Losses

by Shefalee Vasudev|December 19, 2024December 19, 2024|Opinion

It’s a black Monday ahead of Black Friday as failed conflict resolution at COP29 brings...

Sense & Sensibilities: Designing a Study of Design

by Shefalee Vasudev|December 19, 2024December 19, 2024|Opinion

A new gallery curated by The Registry of Sarees at Raw Collaborative seeds a study...

Past Continuous with TAPI in Ahmedabad

by Shefalee Vasudev|December 19, 2024December 19, 2024|Opinion

For new visitors and returning ones, trade textiles from the TAPI collection unlock India’s past...

Rohit Bal: Wellness as Metaphor

by Shefalee Vasudev|November 14, 2024November 25, 2024|Opinion

Before fashion weeks turn 25 in 2025, the Indian fashion industry’s collective emotional graph at...

Rohit Bal: In Memoriam

by Shefalee Vasudev|November 2, 2024November 25, 2024|Opinion

Are we mourning a flamboyant designer, famous for partying and bringing early “Wokeism” to fashion...

Good Earth Greens Lucknow with a New Store

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 24, 2024November 25, 2024|Opinion

Adding to India’s retail report card that maximises experience, Good Earth opens a new store...

The Extra Weft in Lavina Baldota’s Santati

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 15, 2024November 25, 2024|Features

A “connector” between masters, disciples and processes of artisanal handlooms, Lavina Baldota reflects on the...

The Wear and Fare of A&T’s Gilt Complex

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 12, 2024November 25, 2024|Opinion

Some fractures, some connects, Abraham & Thakore challenge perceptions of beauty in fashion through discarded...

Proust Questionnaire with Sanjay Garg

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 10, 2024November 25, 2024|Interviews

The designer and founder of Raw Mango, art collector and culturalist in a candid conversation...

Proust Questionnaire with Radhikaraje Gaekwad

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 1, 2024November 25, 2024|Interviews

The contemporary royal, crafts enabler and inclusivist, in a candid conversation modelled on the Proust...

Namrata Dalela: Ambassador of Conservation

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 1, 2024October 1, 2024|Interviews

A textiles conservationist currently based in Bhutan, the spouse of the Indian ambassador talks about...

Payal Jain’s Sentimental Resolution with Art

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 1, 2024October 1, 2024|Opinion

Using scraps and textile waste from her fashion collections over the years, designer Payal Jain...

How To Wear A Ghunghat and Be Seen

by Shefalee Vasudev|October 1, 2024October 1, 2024|Opinion

The red and gold ghunghat, symbol of an incredible lost and found story of Laapataa...

Ways of Reading Six

by Shefalee Vasudev|September 26, 2024November 25, 2024|Editor's Letters

The Voice of Fashion’s Sixth Anniversary issue is a hexagon made out of six sets...

Keep My Style Out Of It

by Shefalee Vasudev|September 3, 2024November 8, 2024|Freelance, Other Work

View PDF: Keep My Style Out Of It (The Hindu Sunday Magazine)

Fashion’s India: Blurry, Bright, Salted

by Shefalee Vasudev|August 15, 2024October 1, 2024|Editor's Letters

A fashion apologist’s job is to look beyond the dominance of celebrities, sponsored events and...

Secret Couture: Unseen Heirlooms Of India

by Shefalee Vasudev|August 8, 2024August 30, 2024|Features

To mark 25 years of the enduring bi-annual Sarees Of India exhibition, Delhi Crafts Council...

Aditya Birla Group Launches Indriya

by Shefalee Vasudev|August 3, 2024August 30, 2024|Features

Announcing an investment of ₹5000 crores to build a new jewellery business, under the brand...

Paris Olympics: Finding Yourself in Seine-ic Sentiments

by Shefalee Vasudev|August 1, 2024August 30, 2024|Opinion

Making sense of an overwhelming spectacle that binds sports with life eventually is about personal-political...

108 Ideas of India With Alka Pande

by Shefalee Vasudev|August 1, 2024August 30, 2024|Features

The art historian whose 14-book series on India released this year, speaks about contemporary dress...

India Burns in The Bonfire of Vanities at Cannes

by Shefalee Vasudev|July 3, 2024August 10, 2024|Opinion

Culturally typical shindigs, colour as calling card, muchness as preferred language, decoration misstyled as glamour....

The Red Carpet Accent

by Shefalee Vasudev|July 3, 2024August 10, 2024|Opinion

Many celebs find it hard to speak without gushy adjectives and a beautiful dress is...

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