Over the past few weeks, 26-year-old Deane de Menezes, the creator of Red is the New Green (a project to raise menstrual health awareness) has been working hard, going from door-to-door distributing free sanitary napkins to low-income households across Mumbai. While the COVID pandemic has lead to closed borders, shuttered businesses and mass movement of… Continue reading Meet the woman who is fighting the sanitary pad crisis during the lockdown
There’s nothing like a high-stakes acquisition to cut through the slumber on a slow news day. And to that end, Michael Kors delivered. Despite eyeing Kate Spade for what felt like forever, the American designer was beaten to the punch by Coach, that slipped in an offer worth $2.4 billion that no one could refuse.… Continue reading Michael Kors just bought Jimmy Choo for a whopping $1.2 billion
“The most frustrating part is not being able to go and buy stuff last minute off the rack,” says Tinka Bhatia, echoing the sentiments of almost every curvy woman in India. Tinka is the co-founder of Half Full Curve, a new fashion label for curvy women. She, along with her sister Rixi, recognized the need… Continue reading 11 fashion labels that celebrate curvy girls
For her first haute couture presentation as the creative head for Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri sent down a stunning tulle gown that took over 800 hours to complete. For the French fashion house’s Autumn Winter 2017-18 show, the designer managed to top her last feat by creating the, now iconic, Tarot Card coat that reportedly took… Continue reading This Dior ‘Tarot Card’ coat took 1,500 hours to make
Just when you thought this summer couldn’t get better, with firework Oreos and prosecco popsicles being released, the tech world gives you a midseason game changer: NEW. EMOJIS. That’s right, USA TODAY reported yesterday that there will be as many as 56 new ways to show your true feelings over text. And the geniuses behind… Continue reading Say hello to 56 brand new emojis
Every summer, there’s a fruit that captures the fashion world’s imagination. Over the past few years, we’ve had pineapples, cherries, lemons and bananas, but this season the focus is on watermelons. Online shopping destination Lyst confirms that watermelon-related searches are up 140 percent year on year and in the last month search has doubled for… Continue reading This is officially the season’s most fashionable fruit
Four years ago, Christian Louboutin launched his Nudes Collection, a line of pumps in five shades of nude. Since then the brand has expanded from its initial five shades to seven, and added a ballerina flat called the Solasofia to its selection. Today, Louboutin takes the collection one step further adding two high-heel sandals to… Continue reading Christian Louboutin debuts high heel sandals for a range of skin tones
Last month, the Paris Opera and Olivier Rousteing announced that Balmain would be designing costumes for Renaissance, a new ballet by Sébastien Bertraud. “Modernity meets classical, couture meets ballet” is how Rousteing described the collaboration. Now, thanks to his latest Instagram posts revealing the costumes, we can see what he means. BALMAIN x OPÉRA DE PARIS… Continue reading Balmain’s gorgeous costumes for the Paris Opera are here
In a country which only saw same-sex marriage legalised in 2015, the Republic of Ireland has just welcomed its first gay politician to become the next taoiseach (prime miniser). On Friday, 38-year-old Leo Varadkar beat his rival, Housing Minister Simon Coveney, to the post with 60 per cent of the votes to lead the biggest… Continue reading Ireland’s new Prime Minister is half-Indian. And openly gay
Sonam Kapoor has a lot in common with Kim Kardashian, a sentence we never thought we’d say. Just like the Kween K, Sonam Kapoor loves breaking the internet, whether it’s with her calling a spade a spade or introducing the world to the ‘denim sari‘, they both launch trends just by posting them on Instagram… Continue reading Sonam Kapoor has pulled a Kardashian again, she now has her own emojis
Sonakshi Sinha can kick ass on screen, match steps with the best of them and be a seasoned FROW regular, all the while with not one sleek hair out of place. Our Special Editor is a selfie ninja! She shares all her beauty secrets with us on Elle.in. Don’t you dare miss it. #lakmefashionweek Hair… Continue reading Special Editor Sonakshi Sinha took over Lakme Fashion Week 2017
Clare Waight Keller is officially stepping down after six years as the creative director for Chloé. The French fashion house released a statement by president Geoffroy De La Bourdonnaye, thanking her for all that she’s done for the label. “She helped rejuvenate the legacy of Gaby Aghion, the first ever Chloé girl, by infusing a cool and easy… Continue reading Chloé’s creative director Clare Waight Keller resigns after 6 years
You’d think being an international star, headliner of her own primetime TV show and an American talk-show fixture would exempt Priyanka Chopra from facing everyday racism but apparently, it’s still prevalent. During her much-talked about Koffee With Karan episode, the actress talked about facing racism on a flight because of the colour of her skin.… Continue reading Priyanka Chopra was stopped from using the bathroom on a flight
There’s an old proverb in Russia that translates to: ‘If he beats you, it means he loves you.’ The country’s lawmakers must have kept that in mind when they passed a bill that decriminalises domestic violence in the lower parliament house, Duma. The bill exempts people who have not caused any ‘serious harm’ to the… Continue reading Russia has decided that domestic violence is not a crime
Structured, abstract or colour-blocked—form-flattering bands of all shapes and sizes are taking over resort wear this season. But be warned: the approach is maximalist and for the brave only. For the tone, think bright, dramatic lines of cobalt blue, canary yellow and vibrant coral—or just be inspired by Gabriela Hearst’s fun graphics and Balmain’s colourful… Continue reading The fashion world is in love with: multi-coloured stripes
Whether you agree with his politics or not, it is a fact universally agreed upon that President Barack Obama is cool. And that’s cool with capital letters. Part of his appeal maybe the stark differences between him and the orange disaster that awaits the most powerful nation in the world, but as part of our… Continue reading President Obama swoons over his wife and everyone loses their minds
Remember the make-up you owned as a kid? The kind that came in pink plastic cases, loaded with inexpensive eyeshadows in questionable shades of orange and lime green, and you wore it anyway? Well, here’s the grown-up edit: the bold colours are back, but in creamier formulations (and better packaging, of course). Nothing’s off limits… Continue reading Trend to try: Super graphic rainbow eyes
One of the subcontinent’s most visible faces in international fashion, Prabal Gurung has dressed everyone from Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton to Sarah Jessica Parker and Oprah Winfrey. Now, for the first time, fans of the outspokenly political and feminist designer can get their hands on his Spring 2017 collection in India — at a… Continue reading Designer to the stars, Prabal Gurung is now trying to change the world we live in
Bollywood has often provided a window into Mumbai’s gritty underworld. Thus far, our understanding has been mostly restricted to reel versions of Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham going around kicking ass and taking names. But according to Mumbai police, Ram Gopal Verma’s repeated exploitation of everything remotely associated with the underworld isn’t the only connection… Continue reading Ranveer Singh is a peddler and Priyanka Chopra is LSD
Indians are always looking for reasons to be proud of ourselves. If your faith in our innate ‘best-ness’ wavers then, there are countless Whatsapp forwards to remind you that you are, in fact, the best. More raging proof of our greatness shines through data released by Amazon India, which revealed that Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian… Continue reading Congratulations, India. Chetan Bhagat is your highest selling author of 2016
