We’re curating playlists from some of the biggest Indian influencers today—from Bollywood actors to designers—so you always have new tunes to add to your library. For this week’s edition of #ELLEPlaylist, in collaboration with Apple Music, we asked fashion designer Masaba Gupta to share her playlist with us. Here’s what she’s currently jamming to: 1.… Continue reading #ELLEPlaylist: Here’s what Masaba Gupta is listening to right now
Known for her unique prints and colours, Masaba Gupta’s brought her creative expertise to the table and partnered up with Nykaa Cosmetics to launch a beauty line. You’ll find twelve shades of lip and nail colours and a dip in polish remover, all wrapped up in her signature prints. We spoke to the versatile designer… Continue reading #ELLEExclusive: Masaba Gupta talks about her make-up collab with Nykaa
Designer Masaba Gupta Mantena has never been one to mince words on social media. She’s shut up trolls calling her a ‘bastard child’ and called out Indian society’s obsession with fair skin. Recently, with the same candidness, she announced that she and her husband Madhu Mantena, were going through a trial separation. “We also want… Continue reading We really need to respect Masaba Gupta’s privacy while she tries to save her marriage
Keeping up with the world of fashion is not a simple task, and it’s easy to get inundated by all the new offerings being thrown your way. Our extensive list of new designer launches will help you separate the wheat from the chaff — whether it’s a store launch or the announcement of a new collection, this is… Continue reading From fashion to food: 10 new designer launches you need to know of
Coco Chanel once said that black and white created the perfect harmony. Take one look at Masaba Gupta’s latest creation and you wouldn’t deny that one bit. The designer — whose signature motifs are usually quirky and eye-catching — toned it down to a simple yet classic black and white sari gown with minimal motifs of a crescent… Continue reading We’re loving Masaba Gupta’s sari gown 2.0
Masaba Gupta is nothing if not practical. Whether it’s about stating facts about skin colour or just embracing plain human flaws, she’s always been the first to call a pimple a pimple and then post a picture of it. Her latest Instagram picture, however, was a repost from Hrithik Roshan. This repost to be exact:… Continue reading Masaba’s epic clapback at this pseudo-outraged Instagram troll has us applauding
If you’ve ever had to battle unrealistic deadlines, know that designer Masaba Gupta understands your pain. Arguably India’s most prolific fashion collaborator, the newest project that the multi-tasking designer has stuck her hands into is a collaboration with Levi’s that will see her designs displayed on the same platform as those from Justin Timberlake, Solange… Continue reading This Masaba Gupta-designed Levi’s jacket will share space with Justin Timberlake’s
This wedding season, let your statement choli do all the talking. At the recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week, designers like Masaba Gupta, Arpita Mehta, Anavila Mishra and more are reinterpreting the traditional blouse by introducing new styles that are soon going to be seen everywhere. While Amit Aggarwal introduced a structural peplum blouse, SVA took on the one-shoulder trend… Continue reading 10 trendy cholis you need for this wedding season
The idea that your skin colour would imply anything more than just what it is absurd to designer Masaba Gupta. Having grown up a dark-skinned girl in a family where her grandfather was obsessed with fair skin had her confused as a child. “I would play about six to seven hours of tennis a day,… Continue reading Masaba Gupta cannot understand Indians’ obsession with fair skin
Masaba Gupta will be showcasing at the grand finale for Fashion Scout Spring/Summer ’18, one of the largest independent events held during London Fashion Week. The event highlights emerging talent from around the world, and Masaba has been selected as the only Indian designer to present her collection as part of India Day at the… Continue reading Masaba Gupta to showcase at London Fashion Week’s Fashion Scout
Masaba Gupta may be known for her particular brand of desi quirk, but make no mistake — the woman is in the business of building empires, not designing clothes. The entrepreneur’s latest project plays right into the ever-evolving Masaba story, a special edition collection of lipsticks in association with Lakmé. “I’m sure people will expect… Continue reading Exclusive: Masaba’s new lipstick collection is the stuff of your childhood dreams
The sari has occupied the better portion of Indian history, but if you think you’ve seen everything, you’d best grab a seat and make yourself comfortable. This could take a while. Begin your education with a peek into Sonam Kapoor’s quirky sari wardrobe; mind you, don’t step on her frayed denim hems and pre-draped pallus. Then,… Continue reading Sonam Kapoor to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Decoding these celebrities’ sari style
Presenting your first fashion show at Lakmé Fashion Week is a delicate tightrope walk. Do you stun the critics with your creative genius (fashion veterans of a certain vintage will remember Varun Saldanha) or lure the buyers with your commercial chops like alumni Nachiket Barve and Masaba? At Lakmé Fashion Week’s Gen Next show, the… Continue reading The super talented Gen Next bunch kick off Day 1 of Lakmé Fashion Week
Designer Masaba Mantena’s calendar is always busy. After launching her own line of bags last year and cute collaboration with Clinique, the designer just released a line of kidswear only via Flipkart.com and Hopscotch.in. “Kidswear somehow doesn’t get the same attention as womenswear or even menswear,” she says. “We have tied up with Magic Fairy… Continue reading Masaba launches her first line of kidswear
Le Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef Pooja Dhingra – who perpetuated the Mumbai’s macaron craze with Le15 Patisserie – has a new venture that goes beyond desserts. It’s been designed by Ayaz Basrai (of The Busride Studio) and it features upholstery by fashion designer Masaba Gupta. The 30-seater Le15 café will feed your appetite as much… Continue reading Hot address: Le15 Café, Mumbai
The queen of prints Masaba, is back! “This season I’ve tried to find different techniques of rendering where we’ve used methods that (painters like) Tyeb Mehta, SH Raza and MF Husain have used. We tried to create canvases where each garment looked like a painting,” says Masaba Gupta about her newest collection to be featured… Continue reading First Look: Masaba for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015
Masaba Gupta sat down with us, to fill us in on all the exciting things she has in her kitty; including her debut line for Anouk by Myntra, her Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015-16 show where she will showcase her first line of bags and an all new role that’s still hush-hush. ELLE: Your debut… Continue reading Exclusive: 5 questions with Masaba Gupta
Myntra has a new series of ads out for Anouk, its in-house Indo-Western line for which Masaba Gupta was signed on as creative director last year. All three ads paint scenarios that come second best to living in the ideal world—namely, making your voice heard in a flawed one. It’s an interesting concept, even if… Continue reading What we like about the Anouk ad
If you’ve been following our IIFA updates, you’re well aware that it was an eventful weekend full of laughs, high octane performances and enough stars to power a constellation. On the green carpet too, Bollywood’s hottest brought their A-game. Deepika glowed in Sabyasachi, Shraddha stunned in Mason by Michelle Mason and Anushka Sharma was red… Continue reading IIFA day 3
If you always have a tab open tracking sales at your favourite store, you might soon have to close that window for good. In a bid to keep us eternally glued to our little black screens, Myntra has announced plans to become an app-only store and Flipkart, which acquired the garment retailer last year, will… Continue reading Myntra goes app-only
