Category: Fashion

Give the bodycon and bandage dresses a breather; designer Padmaja Krishnan wants you to embrace fluid silhouettes. The label’s Summer/Resort 2017 collection at Lakme Fashion Week was a study in the virtue of asymmetrical, relaxed drapes.  Loose A-line dresses, asymmetrical poncho blouses and draped togas found favour on the ramp, with the head-turner being the… Continue reading Padmaja brings tranquil handlooms to the forefront at LFW

Bringing his own spin of contemporary to the handloom zone, Sailesh Singhania debuted a line of exquisite khadi saris on day 2 of at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017. Organza blouses with frilly bows were the order of the day in a lush colour palette ranging from scarlet to powder blue and lilac. Running forrest squirrels… Continue reading Khadi gets a designer update at Sailesh Singhania

Dev R Nil’s ‘The Valley of Missing Flowers’ at the Lakme Fashion Week wanted the viewer to take  a moment and think about the message it wanted to send. The solemn tribute to Kashmir was marked with designs and surface embellishments inspired from the valley, with 3D floral appliqué details and ikat stripes. The basic silhouettes,… Continue reading Redefined florals and ikat details at Dev R Nil’s Lakme Fashion Week S/R17 showcase

Lunar block prints are having a moment in the spotlight, courtesy 11.11/Eleven Eleven’s Summer/Resort collection at Lakme Fashion Week 2017. Be sure to pencil in fluid tent dresses, indigo skirts and long-sleeved blouses in your wardrobe itinerary for the long summer ahead. Giving us a head start on relaxed fashion, 11.11/ Eleven Eleven flooded the runway with… Continue reading 11.11/Eleven Eleven’s ombré story at Lakme Fashion Week

Urvashi Kaur set the ball rolling on Day 1 of Lakme Fashion Week 2017 with indigenous textiles, even before you could say the words ‘Sustainable Fashion Day’. The designer thumbed through her travel diary for inspiration for her Summer/Resort collection at Lakme Fashion Week 2017.  The result is a trans-seasonal collection with little glimpses of… Continue reading Urvashi Kaur goes trans-seasonal at Lakme Fashion Week 2017

ELLE Graduates 2016 winner Ujjawal Dubey’s label Antar-Agni is known for unstructured, asymmetrical silhouettes that push the envelope, as far as gender fluidity is concerned. His summer/Resort 2017 collection at Lakme Fashion Week didn’t disappoint on that count.  Taking a departure from his usual dark colour palette (featuring a heavy measure of blacks and dark… Continue reading Asymmetrical silhouettes from Antar-Agni at the Lakme Fashion Week 2017

Karishma Shahani Khan’s label ‘Ka-Sha’ showed us new ways to wear the sari with their traditional sari and trench coat combo at the Lakme Fashion Week this season. Oversized silhouettes and anti-fit were prevalent throughout, with a preference for Khadi, Chanderi and Mul for fabrics.  Saris took on a new avatar with giant ruffled edges… Continue reading Ka-Sha reinvents the sari with their Summer/Resort 2017 collection

“We want to make clothes that people can see themselves in. We never want to say ‘you can’t wear that’.” David Bowie and Prince may have left this lonely planet for the great party in the sky, but the gender fluidity revolution they started is stronger — and more mainstream — than ever. At Lakme… Continue reading Everyone is talking about: gender fluid fashion

The calendar has barely hit February, and we are already in deep summery bliss thanks to Rina Singh. Her label Eka’s Summer/Resort collection at Lakme Fashion Week 2017 was a study in watercolour hues and dusty pastels.  Discreet detailing took centrestage as models breezed down the ramp in relaxed silhouettes with minute pintuck details and… Continue reading Eka by Rina Singh is all about the pastels at Lakme Fashion Week

As if the otherwordly landscapes of Cappadocia, Turkey weren’t captivating enough, imagine the drama quotient soaring skyward once we throw in Nargis Fakhri, dressed from head to toe in the season’s most exciting couture. Like an empress of the ancient cave kingdom, the Bollywood beauty’s wardrobe veers from Gaurav Gupta’s SWAROVSKI-embellished silk organza gown to… Continue reading Nargis Fakhri in the season’s most mesmerising Indian couture

With a wardrobe bursting with Sabyasachi saris and Manish Malhotra gowns, Sridevi Kapoor’s hold on timeless elegance is guaranteed. The Bollywood star has passed on her immaculate sartorial genes to her young daughters, Jhanvi and Khushi, who have used them to amass a loyal army of followers on social media. At a recent wedding, the… Continue reading Sridevi and her gorgeous daughters on how to dress for a wedding

Even though the week was low on red carpet opportunities, celebrities didn’t disappoint when it came to giving us more reason to spend hours finding out how we can emulate their looks in real life and not look like we’re ready for early Halloween. The clear winner of the lot is Sonam Kapoor, who gave… Continue reading 7 easy breezy celebrity looks and the designers behind them