Last week, the best in the business of Indian fashion showcased their newly designed couture collections at the FDCI India Couture Week. Perfectly timed for the upcoming wedding seasons, the designers unleashed the best from their bridal arsenals. Catering to the needs of the new-age modern bride, each fashion house took a nuanced stance when… Continue reading 10 Trends Spotted At The FDCI India Couture Week 2021 Digital Edition
Indian Fashion Industry’s unsung heroes – the karigars, weavers, artisans, and embroiders-are among the most affected communities by this pandemic. While the first wave was difficult, nothing could prepare them for the second. With cancelled orders, inventory backlogs and uncertainty in the foreseeable future, the craftsmen need more than what their basic salaries can cover.… Continue reading 10 Labels & Organisations That Are Safeguarding Their Craftsmen During The Pandemic (And How You Can Help)
With fashion weeks going digital, it came as no surprise that FDCI’s Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week was a virtual affair. What we were in complete awe of, though, was the way the designers took creating digital fashion films into their stride. The designers showcasing at the phygital (bridging the digital and physical world with… Continue reading LMIFW SS’21: All the highlights from the phygital fashion week
A master couturier, creative extraordinaire of his 25 year-old eponymous label, and one of the vanguards of the Indian fashion industry, Tarun Tahiliani’s couture bridal designs have reigned supreme in the country since the brand’s inception. Just like collections which has been inspired by a plethora of events, arts, culture, and literature over the years,… Continue reading The 5 people who inspire veteran couturier Tarun Tahiliani
Celebrated designer Tarun Tahiliani has deftly carved out a niche in the Indian fashion industry and its one defined by his ability to reimagine classic indian wear beautifully, time and again. Tarun’s use of extravagant silhouettes, rich Indian textiles and beautiful jewel tones, makes fashion enthusiasts look forward to each one of his new collections,… Continue reading What to expect from Tarun Tahiliani’s grand finale at the India Couture Week
Over the last few seasons of India Couture Week — or India Bridal Week, which would be a more accurate term — Tarun Tahiliani has made his obsession with lightening the sartorial burden of the modern bride known. He doesn’t want her to sit on the stage like an installation, but mingle and dance with guests in… Continue reading India Couture Week 2018: Tarun Tahiliani’s show celebrates the guilt-free bride
Pastel shades. Metallic elements. Intricate embroideries. The runway at Lakme Fashion Week was buzzing with beautiful bridal lehengas — the ones you immediately envision yourself wearing. Some of this season’s leading fashion trends were incorporated as well — blouses with exaggerated sleeves; statement belts; bows adorning the backs of barely-there cholis. From fuchsia and tangerine to powder… Continue reading 20 beautiful bridal lehengas that are perfect for a summer wedding
Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could just pick up the phone and get Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla to whip you up a fabulous couture ensemble for Diwali? Or may be get Manish Malhotra to design your entire wedding trousseau and then be there for every styling session? Well such is the life of… Continue reading Fashion designers and their Bollywood best friends
Tarun Tahiliani is having a major moment. The veteran couturier just finished styling our delectable November 2017 cover with Jacqueline Fernandez dressed in an elaborate embroidered jacket. A few weeks ago, Kareena Kapoor Khan styled herself in a champagne gold sharara from his couture archives, reminding us of the timeless appeal of a Tarun Tahiliani… Continue reading Tarun Tahiliani picks the one Indian fashion label he’s loving right now
Indian designers have long been proclaiming the arrival of the bold Indian bride, and judging by the looks that hit the ramp at the recently-concluded India Couture Week, this bride will be spoiled for choice. As health fads and a fitness-focused lifestyle continue to draw headlines — and the average marriageable age rises with more… Continue reading 8 sexy couture looks for the bold Indian bride
Imagining his bride as the brightest star in the wedding constellation, Tarun Tahiliani presented Tarakanna, his 2017 couture collection. The traditional design tropes we’ve come to associate with Tahiliani – the draped hemlines, the proliferation of tassles, the fitted gilets adding strict structure to neat saris – gave way to a bolder, brighter vision, one that… Continue reading Allow Tarun Tahiliani’s bridal couture collection to dazzle you
‘Chashme Shahi’ read the name of the collection and old school Mughal glamour dictated the tone of the evening. When you tore your eyes away from the delicate strands of mogra suspended over the runway, there were the clothes themselves to look at. Headlined by the fierce and fabulous Padma Lakshmi in a textured white… Continue reading Tarun Tahiliani channels old world Mughal glamour at Lakme Fashion Week
Each year we, at ELLE HQ, begin the process of culling the new crop of fashion designers to find the ones that you’ll be raising a toast to soon. In keeping with tradition, the class of ELLE Graduates 2016 has some stellar names to boast of: Antar-Agni, Misho, Doodlage, Kaleekal, P.E.L.L.A., Silvense and VineetRahul. One… Continue reading Vaani Kapoor plays celebrity judge for ELLE Graduates 2016
Sonam Kapoor’s fashion choices are hardly mainstream. She’s delivered plenty of red carpets hits in glamorous couture and worn festive looks with a twist—remember the genius Rahul Mishra sari-jacket combo? If we had to pick our favourite on the star it would be that Anamika Khanna sari she wore to Cannes in 2013. Something about that fierce,… Continue reading 40 times Sonam Kapoor showed us how to do Indianwear right
After Manish Malhotra’s regal opening night featuring Deepika Padukone and Fawad Khan, the festivities continued at FDCI India Couture Week 2016 with designers Anita Dongre and Tarun Tahiliani. Dongre’s collection called, ‘Epic love’ lived up to its title through its vibrant colours and brilliant saturated hues. Bhumi Pednekar took to the ramp in a sweeping… Continue reading 10 best bridal looks from day 2 of Couture Week 2016
There’s something about frosted metallic lipsticks that brings terrible flashbacks from the ‘90s (remember Raveena Tandon?). But after Tarun Tahiliani’s show last night, this look is definitely something we will hold on to for the festive season – in a more pared down way of course (try this ‘90s lip trend as well). Still scared?… Continue reading Get the look: Tarun Tahiliani couture week 2016
Tarun Tahiliani presented his ready-to-wear collection at Lakmé Fashion Week this Sunday. His line-up included easy separates – crop tops with simple gold embroidery, skirts, peplum gilets and capelets, scarves in bold vibrant prints. Essentially, everything you need to mix and match. There were also draped jersey dresses and jumpsuit-sari hybrids (the stars of the show). … Continue reading Tarun Tahiliani for Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015
In its 17th edition Bridal Asia has added a new venue: Mumbai. Also new to the high-end bridal expo are a bunch of designers from around the country (young, established and from across the border even). This time around the emphasis is on a summer bride – with decidedly fuss-free lehengas and bridalwear. We spoke… Continue reading Bridal Asia is coming to Mumbai
Amazon India Fashion Week delivered stellar shows day after day, and ended with one star-studded night. They gathered some of India’s best designers — 25 of them, to mark 25 years of the Fashion Design Council of India — and put the focus on Indian crafts for the grand finale. It was broken into Western, Indian and… Continue reading 25 years of FDCI, and 25 designers at the grand finale
