India Couture Week: The business of pretty
India Couture Week: The business of pretty
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India Couture Week: The business of pretty Indian audiences are usually unreflective when it comes...
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A crisis in sexual desire
A crisis in sexual desire
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A crisis in sexual desire Hello Mr. Chatterjee, A letter on sex and desire may...
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Our many sari selves
Our many sari selves
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Our many sari selves The sentimental spark and emotionally warm responses that the sari evokes...
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The unenviable Melania Trump
The unenviable Melania Trump
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The unenviable Melania Trump Privacy may be a fuzzy word in a marriage, but few...
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Unpacking the 2016 sexy
Unpacking the 2016 sexy
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Unpacking the 2016 sexy Is “sexy” a compliment? Does it mean being sexually attractive or...
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At the Oscars 2017, the style wasn’t in the clothes
At the Oscars 2017, the style wasn’t in the clothes
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At the Oscars 2017, the style wasn’t in the clothes “My grandma would have wanted...
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Meryl Streep speaks up and looks the part
Meryl Streep speaks up and looks the part
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Meryl Streep speaks up and looks the part She could be the most incredible face...
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The black fatigue on the red carpet
The black fatigue on the red carpet
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The black fatigue on the red carpet In February last year, Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood...
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Work in progress
Work in progress
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Work in progress In India, as couture tries to disentangle itself from the incestuous relationship...
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The Twenties mindset
The Twenties mindset
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The Twenties mindset Even if Raghavendra Rathore planned to link the idea he presented at...
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Fashion Week Review | Rajesh Pratap’s collection
Fashion Week Review | Rajesh Pratap’s collection
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Fashion Week Review | Rajesh Pratap’s collection Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) opened on 25th...
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Maker of the un-sari
Maker of the un-sari
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Maker of the un-sari From the costume departments of Deepa Mehta’s films, such as Heaven On...
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Luxury’s new frontiers
Luxury’s new frontiers
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Luxury’s new frontiers What do you exactly mean by “new frontiers”? This question keeps coming...
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How handloom became a hashtag
How handloom became a hashtag
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How handloom became a hashtag The usually high-on-hashtags buzz around National Handloom Day on 7...
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Fashion’s Search For Meaning
Essay: The intelligent garment
Essay: The intelligent garment
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Essay: The intelligent garment Soon after the London Fashion Week in September, Jess Cartner-Morley of The...
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Priyanka Chopra: The star strategist
Priyanka Chopra: The star strategist
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Priyanka Chopra: The star strategist The voice on the phone is of a woman charged...
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Trend Tracker | Secret couture
The Kutch Renaissance
The museum of departure
The museum of departure
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The museum of departure In 1967, Guy Debord, a Marxist theorist, writer and film-maker, wrote...
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The Kutch Renaissance
The Kutch Renaissance
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The Kutch Renaissance When a natural calamity destroys lives and livelihoods, assets and resources, human...
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Mad about the sari
Mad about the sari
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Mad about the sari If she leaves at 7am, it takes Viji Venkatesh 2 hours...
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Inside Gem Palace
Campaign trail
Campaign trail
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Campaign trail Is it a coincidence that the advertising campaigns of a majority of Indian...
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