Simmi Khanna, 28, is the most sensible girl in all of Safdarjung. “Was,” shouts her mother Mrs Satmeet Khanna, “she was the most sensible girl, until she started going to fashion week and getting funny ideas. Sports shoes with everything? It’s the heights!” Little does Mrs Khanna know that Simmi has already landed in Bombay… Continue reading Sensible Simmi LFW Report – Day 1
Designer Manish Malhotra hosted a special preview of his S/R ’16 collection Elements. (If you’ve been following ELLE on Instagram you caught the first glimpse!) The collection is set to open Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort ’16, with a special off-site presentation at Mumbai’s Mehboob Studios. The gowns we saw were indeed different from Malhotra’s more traditional… Continue reading Manish Malhotra previews his S/R ’16 collection, Elements
On the Day 4 of LFW, designers brought out a bustling mix of patterns from mellow to super-bold. Pankaj & Nidhi dropped their usual pretty for something more graphic – architectural, Op Art prints etched in neon. But it wasn’t all edgy; the duo also brought a few kaleidoscopic florals and cutwork in to the… Continue reading Best of Day 4 at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015
Fashion can’t always be all about the drama. It needs simplicity, practicality and wearability – and Day 3 at LFW was filled with such winners. Dhruv Kapoor took on the challenge of elevating the basic white shirt. Fitted with black mesh inserts and layered with a patent leather moto jacket, the look was far, far… Continue reading Best of Day 3 at Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015
Suneet Varma will be showing his Spring Couture 2015 line at LFW this evening. And it takes inspiration from all parts of India. In the collection titled Decorative Arts of India, you’ll find mirror work from Gujarat, bright hues of fuchsia and magenta from Rajasthan, and also, shades of ivory and aari embroidery. You wont… Continue reading Check out Suneet Varma’s latest collection
When Lakmé Fashion Week and Masaba Gupta announced their Instagram show (the first designer in the world to have one) for Day 1, there was a lot of curiosity. How was this going to work? Was it being shot live? Would it have (*shudder*) selfies? A minute-by-minute update showed us all of Gupta’s 19 looks,… Continue reading #ELLEReview: Masaba Gupta’s Instagram show
