Once a fashion designer, always a fashion designer — even if you decide to step down as the chief creative officer from the very company you so painstakingly birthed. Or at least that’s what leading names like Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade and Donna Karan have in common, who are part of the legion of international designers… Continue reading 6 international designers who stepped down from the fashion labels they founded
Many of us remember Deepika Padukone from the success that was Om Shanti Om—the 2007 movie that debuted the star and also won her the Best Female Debut award at Flimfare—but only a few of us would remember that the actress was actually a ramp model first. It’s not shocking that an attractive, tall Deepika was a… Continue reading The real story of how Deepika Padukone became a Bollywood star
“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
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
The runway is where the show comes together, but backstage amid all the madness, between all the changes and various stages of make-up is where it really takes shape. But if the models struggle with frayed nerves and short fuses they simply don’t betray it. At Lakmé Fashion Week our photographer had a free run… Continue reading Backstage at Lakme Fashion Week
