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Today, it’s all about embracing individuality. Be it Fenty Beauty’s revolutionary range of foundations or Gisou’s unexpectedly  real campaign, the industry has changed its direction from overdoing it and moved towards keeping it natural. “This season is about looking natural, with lots of texture – a balance between looking tousled but gorgeous,” says leading ...

Fighting colourism world over, black models have emerged victorious a bit like this Brazilian beauty Marcella Jackie, a first timer at LMIFW’19 By Asmita Aggarwal Even till today on the runways they exist in single digits and beauty companies only now have woken up and looked at launching products that ...

There is more to Brazil than soccer, carnivals, Gisele Bundchen, stunning coastlines and ‘Christ the Redeemer’.... meet Radylla, who gave up her white nursing coat for designer tunics and turned into an India lover and intrepid traveller By Asmita Aggarwal She has graced the covers of Swimsuit Illustrated, and is a ...

Practising Ahimsa, or non-violence Eri silk became the leitmotif for a Telugu from Hyderabad, Jyoti Reddy, who travelled to the North-East and revived the lost art of “caring” By Asmita Aggarwal The chances of meeting a Reddy in Assam are more than bleak, but Jyoti not only climbed the hills, literally ...

Forty designers, one mission ---- celebrate liberty, freedom and human rights as SC decriminalises Article 377, a win that saw reverberations on the LMIFW spring-summer' 19 runway. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

From the city of the Charminar and Nizams, Anushree Reddy’s line ‘Vintage Rose’ is far away from the Golconda’s majestic robustness, but strapped to her heart as she celebrates femininity with khadi. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Lucknow’s wonder Niharika Gupta takes on the onerous challenge of offering stitchless finish and updates classics in her label Notebook. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Dang and Sahni, two opposing personalities create a line that explores the chasm between perception and reality; summer and autumn; romance and rugged and culminates with clothing which shines at the altar of a tug of war. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Ranchi girls Priyal and Shreya pay homage to austerity combining fashion with emotions, poems and everything hand done. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Power dressing for an empowered woman sans the trappings of glamour at Rig. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

In the shadow of war, with increased military interventions, frozen turbulence, comes a collection by Wajahat celebrating the lost crafts of the region that now straddles the delicate balance of turmoil and peace. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Designers look at fashion through the prism of crafts while some chart a new plan with anti-fits and oversized silhouettes. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Shibori, Ikat, Jamdani their loves are many but the boys from NID, Amit Vijaya and Richard Pandav are moving towards Bihar and weaving magic. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The six yard drape may have been bruised due to the onslaught of gowns, but Prreeti Jaiin believes like the lotus it will stand tall. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Thematically fashion is moving towards an era where minimalism and comfort will soon overturn the need for flirtations with sequins and glamour as the fascination with sexy fades making way for functional clothing By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Dadu creates new brush strokes with technology and paints a future of fashion with the unforgiving virtual world. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Roopa Pemmaraju works with Phulia artisans and courts slow fashion by creating hand spun luxurious silks and jacquards that will withstand the test of time this SS’19 By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Australian designer Cassandra Harper makes a head-spinning U-turn from block printers of Jaipur whom she has worked with for more than a decade to explore the endearing ikats of Telengana, at LMIFW as the globe trotter, who has lived in Cambodia and Phuket brings to India a fresh perspective. By ...

If there is an apt synonym for Caroline Poiner it would be ‘incredible’, as this lithe Australian has provided livelihood to thousands of artisans, specially women from the most backward and poverty-stricken areas of the country with her organisation Artisans of Fashion. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

With environmental degradation, plastics reaching Antarctica, Aneeth goes back to simpler times giving us a moving picture of underwater life as her show comes as a breath of fresh air both literally and metaphorically! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Jaipur succulent visuals and poetic candour can be seen in Swati Vijaivargie’s rendition of Shibori. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

From the culture soaked bylanes of Old Delhi to the catwalks of the treacherous fashion world, Siddharth Bansal is an interesting conundrum of ideas. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Two fabrics, one man-made (denim) the other organic (Chanderi) meet to form a different kind of artistry in Amita Gupta’s narrative. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Her cultural identity finds a place in her approach to fashion as Pallavi Singh celebrates colour through the leitmotif of festivals sans a catchy melody or frenetic beat. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Akansha Maurya, a design student was not blinded by the arch lights of the modelling world, but saw it as a tool to be self-confident. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Small town girl from Modinagar, Vanshika Saxena, 19, hopes to make it to Milan’s ruthless catwalks. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Reynu Taandon abandons her jewelled tones for pastel pastures as polkis and pearls liven her ICW line that dazzled with gotta and mirror work. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

An Indian princess in a French court could conjure up some heady whiffs, but Shyamal and Bhumika keep it textural with whispers of resham intertwined with aari work. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

There is a bit of Swarovski to Banarasi and a whole lotta humility in the voile, plus a new menswear line, this dichotomy is called Rahul Mishra. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The Indian bride is now spoilt for choice, she can tip the scales and move any side --  Suneet Varma’s beaming beauties or Amit Aggarwal architectural sculpted marvels, as couture moves towards an ideology rather than a boast. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Evolution of primordial forms, the final frontier is what forms the basis of Amit Aggarwal’s couture offering as he delves deep into DNA of not just organisms, but also primates with Tanira Sethi’s luxurious groundwork. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The husband-wife team of Shane and Falguni tell us why glamour always works despite the desert being their veiled inspiration, where Kareena Kapoor Khan, this ICW 2018 frolics in gold. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

For 46 years, Pallavi Jaikishan has thrived in an industry that is known to abandon trends as swiftly as they are embraced. ‘Nostalgia’ her ICW 2018 line is an ode to how old is the new, new! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Lighter and easier is the new couture cool and Anju Modi plays front foot and not defensive in the quest for true liberation! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

His line is almost therapeutic with the world overdosing on zardosi and dabka, to give brides a much-needed relief  with a light shower of Swarovskis. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The girl from the coal mines of Dhanbad Vamika Nidhi, is a diamond in the rough who hopes to make it to the summit By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Quiet and resilient are two virtues that take you far in modelling. Vijaya Sharma possesses both in abundance as she gets set for Act II­-- Bollywood. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Neelam Virvani will certainly be sitting on a throne of her own that too soon as this six feet tall, lass is ready to court international runways with her unique brand of confidence. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

It was a chance meeting that propelled Sonali Sharma, 22, into the stiff archlights of modelling, though her dream remains to be an actress. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

 It was like a moonlit sonata, bright, with the colour of love red dominating Aneeth Arora’s mindscape, as she let winter be warm, cozy, sweet and mindful. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Fashion straddles both ideologies-form fitted and anti fit as marathon runner Namrata Joshipura brings back the body con, glowing gown and Siddhartha Tytler adds sequins to a man’s boring, black trouser. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Fully loaded with muti-pocketed cargo pants, logos, checks and unapologetically oversized coats, men have embraced colour as graphics and stripes keep them hooked. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The eyes, they say are the windows to the soul; maybe that’s why eyewear is now more than just an accessory, it can make a powerful statement as Indie Eye indulges us with a ride to the kingdom of cool! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Almost 30 years in the business of dressing women, Sonam’s subtle strength is a testament to good design, as he mixes the old with the new----brocades with eri silk to create a palette that reverberates with spirituality and displays his commitment to slow fashion. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

In a world that thrives on being connected — Shikha Grover and Vinita Adhikari of Ilk — a brand moving towards becoming sustainable — are urging people to disconnect, one khadi garment at a time By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Celebrity stylist and designer Eshaa Amiin, believes that versatility and wearability is the key to a successful label and that women now don’t need body con dresses, but comfort and functionality  By Asmita Aggarwal ...

It’s raining men, even though fashion here is more laissez-faire as the belted robe coat is now the new cool and this time rippling muscles were swaddled in lean hoodies with breezy zips appearing everywhere. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

 In a world of sequinned everything, Vineet Bahl’s Qashqai kilims inspired embroideries as well as beaten denims, and jaali work was the untold story of the hippie, in all of us, waiting to be set free.  By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Repairing and resurrecting is the theme of Kanika Goyal’s aut-winter line as she tells us why scars---both metaphysical and just plain physical are precious. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

A mom-daughter duo Deepa and Karishma Sodhi, hope to offer Indian women what they really need----- body shape appropriate clothing with just a dash of glam. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

As fashion lost the man who created limitless elegance Hubert Givenchy, with his post-war dazzlers, Gauri and Nainka kept the flame of red carpet dressing burning, but the duo who always create magic minus the high voltage drama are Abraham and Thakore...as the gamcha and jhola tower over evening gloves!  By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The world mourned the death of an astrophysicist, who proclaimed, “Men were just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of an average star,” Stephen Hawking. But on a balmy Wednesday afternoon, on the other side of the seven seas was a celebration of a different kind.... By Asmita Aggarwal ...

With their ornate, handmade and homegrown aesthetic — designers Shyamal and Bhumika have capitalised on not just their home front —  Ahmedabad — but also on global markets like US, UK and Canada By Asmita Aggarwal ...

All set for her first runway presentation, Charu Vij of Aekatri has formed a niche for herself by creating designs that are modern, feminine and easy. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

There is no policing around this young designer who comes from a family of cops, as Priyam Narayan likes to woo the Middle East with his easy kaftan styles rendered in environment-friendly hand woven jute By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Can you make fashion sustainable in small ways? Diksha Khanna’s denim with a heart, unwashed, unbleached as well as nature inspired embroideries, create a better planet. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Adarsh Gill, is showing her RTW line for the first time at the Amazon India Fashion Week, celebrating the 50s with billowy waists and the era when Monsieur Dior introduced the ‘New Look’ By Asmita Aggarwal ...

NIFT-educated Nupur Batra, from her first show where she spent Rs 12,000, in 2011, to now working with almost 10 countries and exporting to US and Japan, is a tour de force in the accessories market as each fabric bag she makes is an ode to an independent woman. By ...

Kriti Tula of Doodlage, would have been an archaeologist or psychologist if she wasn’t a designer and she uses the same excavation style while crafting magic out of discarded fabric. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

From three decades of shimmer that Suneet Varma protracted, to the skater vibe that Paatni exuded or how meticulously Pawan Sachdeva tells men to ‘change their stripes’, the last day reverberated with passion! By Asmita Aggarwal ...