The most exciting thing about weddings today is how young people take charge of the wedding preparations. They are truly involved in the decision-making, from the invites and décor to the menu and even the clothes. A generation or two ago, the senior generals of the wedding army, oops … family a.k.a Mommy, Mami and… Continue reading Nachiket Barve’s 14-point rulebook for designing your own wedding lehenga
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
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
With pre-release promotions becoming paramount to the success of a film, it comes as little surprise that celebs and their designers are left working overtime in the build-up to the release. Already, Anushka Sharma has given us a few refreshing looks in course of her promo rounds for Sultan. We let you play fashion police and… Continue reading Yay or nay: Anushka Sharma’s Sultan promotions wardrobe
If you’ve felt guilty about pushing a pretty shawl to the back of your closet, only to reach for it on a wintery night, you’ll love designer Nachiket Barve’s attempt at making it a “365-day accessory”. The designer teamed up with The Woolmark Company on a unique initiative called the Shawl Style Project. The aim… Continue reading Nachiket Barve teams up with The Woolmark Company on the Shawl Style Project
Jet Gems has just introduced Canvas by Jet Gems, a new line of contemporary, fine jewellery conceptualised by designers Nishka Lulla, Nikhil Thampi and Nachiket Barve. Each designer has brought their individual sense of style to the line. Nishka Lulla’s collection is fairytale-inspired, and uses gems in pops of red, blue and green. “The designs… Continue reading First look: Nachiket Barve, Nishka Lulla and Nikhil Thampi design jewellery
ELLE: What was inspiration behind your collection ‘Chiaroscuro’?Nachiket Barve: Light and shadow were primarily the inspiration, but apart from that we were also talking about Hitchcockian elements, gothic architecture, medieval art, where darker elements were used in a more glamorous light. ELLE: How did you interpret this inspiration onto the garments?NB: We experimented with a… Continue reading Backstage with Nachiket Barve
