From unabashedly loving colour, paying tribute to Japanese flowers, to engineering her own mesh-like fabric for LFW, Aisha Rao, hopes to go “green” by being mindful.By Asmita Aggarwal If you ever see...

Centographs mirror world unrest through camouflage to crochet, cold pigment dyeing, paying tribute to Kantha, crafting arches where you least expect it—on a functional bag at FDCI’s Boys club showcasing...

From burnt orange leather to khadi denim Pawan Sachdeva’s journey in dressing men has been a discovery of sorts-meet the new experimental man, who likes his shirt with zippers, pants with not so useful...

Adding Gond, Warli art, making motifs quirky, weaving magic in handloom clusters of Vidarbha, Shruti Sancheti gives Khadi a new spin to serenade Gen Z with her pret label Across 29.By Asmita Aggarwal When...

Emblazoned with seashells, mirrors, colorful threadwork khadi gets a cool makeover with tribal women from Sandur’s deft hand work at the FDCI Khadi showcasing.By Asmita Aggarwal The beauty of Khadi...

“One day I would like to do something with Kanjeevarams and temple borders,” says Payal Pratap. By Asmita Aggarwal Payal Pratap is a mood, a flavour as she was sure when she graduated from...

She is a tour de force in fashion, most sought after but she is wanting to give back generously, by making artisans from various clusters in Gond and Pichwai self-reliant, that’s her mission for the next...

Sohaya Mishra is a 90s girl, she has seen the transformation from Doordarshan to AI, with Chola, she attempts to offer kala cotton with detachable Victorian collars.By Asmita Aggarwal Goa-based Sohaya...

The veshti has found unadulterated love—now it can be worn with silk kurtas, bandhgala et al, Vivek Karunakaran shows us at FDCI Boys Club show at LFW! By Asmita Aggarwal Veshti is in and how! This culturally...

Payal Jain gives us nifty wearable options, Tarun dresses the groom’s extended family in dhotis-pearls, while Pankaj and Nidhi serenade mocha, and Samant Chauhan flirts with sci-fi bejewelled shoulders. By...

Craft-soaked Bandhini to experiments with Chikankari, Naushad Ali adds a European influence to Indian textiles serenading a global buyer. By Asmita Aggarwal His father is a textile merchant, based in Pondicherry,...

Converting waste into textural garments with a strong sense of identity, Ankur Verma of Til tells us, 3 months to craft one cape, several artisans create magic with just the power of discarded fabrics. By...

From trying to market the crisp, white tailored shirt in the 90s, to working with revered stylists like Deep Kailey, to now an entire collection with just black, Ashish is going back to his roots. By Asmita...

From Veganwool to banana leather, CDC finalist Varshne B is crafting a unique trek to not “save the planet” but give cool alternatives and watch out for her stainless steel bags. By Asmita Aggarwal Varshne...

Imagine a shawl as soft as silk, but made from butchery waste, creating both livelihood for tribal women and circularity. From winning patents for his technology, to making wood free paper, Radhesh is...

Nainika and Gauri’s daughters, give the catwalk some serious twirls, while Satya Paul announces Bollywood dreamboat Aditi Rao Hydari as their creative collaborator. By Asmita Aggarwal What happens when...

PR exercise is not always fruitful, as brands are not built on celeb dressing, but unique ideology, says Amit Hansraj of Inca. By Asmita Aggarwal “If Sonam Kapoor wears your label doesn’t mean you have...

Valentino could have done forgettable pinks, but what Gaurav Jai Gupta has introduced in craft brings with it lightness, subtlety, and grace as Jamdanis take centrestage.  By Asmita AggarwalIf you thought...

The opening show of the LFW X FDCI by Anavila Mishra and Gaurav Jai Gupta along with in house designers from The Kunj displayed the prowess of the sari, which is now not restricted by pleats and palla...

Army mom, Rajasthani crafts, travel and love for the East, forms the basis of Valaya’s ICW line replete with motifs of the Balkans to his ideology –a “royal nomad”. By Asmitaa AggaarwalJ...

Age and time have taught Rimzim Dadu the importance of merging commerce with fantasy, this year her Banjara tribal jewellery inspired chainmail dress took one month to execute, just like her rejigged sari...

Hyderabad has emerged as a competition to Delhi-Mumbai for couture, even though the lawyer turned designer believes going green can be possible in couture! By Asmitaa AggaarwalShe is a lawyer, who always...

Tasnim Fraze, creative director Rohit Bal, brings garden of flowers from Kashmir in Matka silks and poetic khadi for ICW 2025. By Asmitaa Aggarwal   It is quite a larger-than-life legacy of the iconic...

Banarasi weave interpretation is loved by South brides, for Jayanti Reddy Hyderabad has become a nerve center for couture.By Asmitaa Aggaarwal She comes from the city of pearls, and Hyderabadi elegance,...