Category: Spring-Summer

Sonali Pamnani’s label The Meraki Project hopes to dress women of all ages and this SS 16 she is creating magic with cotton, linen and ikkat. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Young guns push the proverbial style envelope; Hemant & Nandita go down memory lane, while Krishna Mehta pays tribute to Shibori ...

The Goa-based designer reveals his weaknesses for white and talks about his Africa inspired line, with of course, whites, reds, blues and yellows highlighted with sizzling gold and black ...

Sanchita displays woman power; Namrata gets sporty; Payal’s chintz won hearts; Bodice keeps it clean and boyish while Mrinalini’s effective shirt dresses and strip jackets were impactful  ...

Gaurav Jai Gupta wows with his intellectual prowess; Paromita Banerjee with her love for white and Mangalgiris; while Pankaj and Nidhi ‘cut the work’ with precision ...

Rahul Mishra’s homage to Jamdani was a successful attempt at courting simplicity ...

Australian designers Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett reveal their love for prints, psychedelia, Beatles and silk brocade… ...

Caroline Poiner of Artisans of Fashion reveals why weaves must be preserved and what fascinates her about India… ...

Sonic Sarwate tells us why make-up for SS 14 is no more about drama and how imperfection is being celebrated… ...

White metal to shine at WIFW SS 14 décor ...

Set designer Mahesh Sharma gears up to create the right rhythm for Ashish Soni’s grand finale When set designer Mahesh Sharma graduated from NIFT (Delhi) in 2001 he had to clue he was going to be the executor of dreams for celebrated style gurus. A fashion communication student, Mahesh started ...

Anupamaa Dayal is ready to open the WIFW SS 14 with ‘Gulabi’, a line which reflects the free-spirited woman she aims to dress. After nine years and expanding her business into 19 countries, Anupamaa Dayal is excited about opening the WIFW SS 14. After all, the wealth of experience has ...

Geetanjali Ranawat has been doing accessories for three seasons and this time, she is ready with her sassy Gladiators and ingenious bird-shaped bags… ...

The Fitzgerald Girl Masaba is ready to raise the bar with her sporty line that is meant for the bold and the beautiful! ...

If it wasn’t for their father, Kaabia and Sasha of Outhouse wouldn’t have a label, but there is a lot more to these sisters than just good looks…as the duo hope to revolutionize the way Indian women view jewellery with Punk Maharaja, their WIFW SS 14 line ...

Tucked away in Golaghat, Assam, accessory designer Jushmi Barooah will present an eclectic line of silver jewellery which reflects her love for travel, architecture, poetry and most importantly social causes… ...

Gautam Sinha of Nappa Dori uses only Indian leather, is ready to launch his e-commerce website and this debutant at WIFW SS 14 reveals why good design always wins… ...

Riveting Chandni Chowk, timeless embroideries, Bangla typography or the mirror work of Gujarat… four young guns reveal their exciting journey as they gear up for WIFW SS 14 ...

Three veteran models reveal that it is not just about looks but also confidence, commitment and hard work that will make you a winner in this field ...

Three debutants at WIFW SS 14; Vedangi Aggarwal, Shweta Kapur and Priyanka Kakkar reveal their greatest fears, design dreams, plans for the future and hopes for changing the style milieu ...

Yogesh Chaudhary would have been a chef if he wasn’t a designer, but this Delhi boy is gearing up for his first show at WIFW SS 14, with a line inspired by transparency! ...

Farmer-turned-designer Josh Goraya is ready with his debut line that hopes to woo women, who value wearability over fickle trends ...

Two foreign models and first timers at WIFW SS 14, reveal their inner secrets; what makes them tick and why India is mesmerizing ...

There’s a lot more to these five debutants at WIFW SS 14 than just a pretty face, they are intelligent, insightful and yes, some of them are doctors and are not just obsessed with killer heels, they do love to read and want to be more than just dazzling ‘It ...

Masaba introduces the jacket-collar and jumpsuit sari… ...

Varun teams a draped gown with a churidar and uses charcoal black to create a winning buzz ...

Maharashtrian and South Indian saris get a fresh twist, with belts and drapes, as old flower prints leave an unforgettable fragrance ...

Like ace archer Arjun, Anju Modi hit the fish eye with her voluminous, layered lehengas ...

Sabya talks about why he admires women like Devika Rani, Zubeida and Amrita Sher-Gil…what makes the 20s so glamorous, his love for Chintz, quilting and jaal… ...

Rome can be built in a day! Quite literally….as each day of the PCJ Couture Week will see grand sets being build and torn down to be resurrected again for the next day in less than 24 hours. 700 workmen are working round-the-clock for the last week to get the ...

Make-up guru Sonic Sarwate reveals his days of struggle, love for make-up, trends to be seen at Couture Week, and why styling is a ‘respectable profession’ ...

Varun Bahl is clear, couture is a marriage between fantasy and your signature style “Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . .” -Mary O’Neill, Hailstones and Halibut Bones ...

Anju Modi pays a tribute to the iconic woman, Draupadi, known for her fortitude and dark skinned beauty ...

Show directors emerge as new-age architects of a dream called couture. It was 1995 and Aparna Bahl and her partner Tanya had got a chance of a lifetime; to choreograph a show by the Textile Fair in Faridabad. It was the starting of a journey full of riveting memories and ...

Kolkata’s jewel Anamika Khanna admits couture is more than just lehenga-choli and God is really in the details ...

Ritu Beri is ready to add spice with an ode to Punjab and its vivacious culture ...

After seven years, veteran style guru Monisha Jaising is back; she is set to dazzle with her first ever bridal show in the capital city ...

Brutally honest, insightful and edgy, Manish is set to showcase a line that celebrates India! ...

Gaurav Gupta creates a line that whispers ancient tales of grandeur. There is a clear definition of couture for Gaurav Gupta----it must be desirable, hand-made, wearable and “above all, it must make me happy,” he says ...

Get set to be wowed by subtle elegance as the PCJ Delhi Couture Week décor exudes timeless sophistication When set designer and décor expert Vikram Sharma started working on the PCJ Delhi Couture Week, he knew it had to be classy, keeping in mind the high fashion it was catering ...

Two models from two unique worlds find a meeting ground in the blitzkrieg of glamour Life, as they say, is a study in contrast. And the world of bling, hopes, dreams, glamour is no different. On one side you have a model mother managing her two-year-old twins, but still wanting ...

Modeling veteran Noyonika Chatterjee completes 25 years, this year. In a world where looks are everything and insecurity is a given, she takes pride in being a mom, lovin’ every moment in the spotlight and relegates her winning a genetic lottery to just ‘pure luck’! ...

If there is anyone who can work an item number with the alacrity of a race pony it is got to be the wasp-waisted Gauhar Khan, as Joy Mitra paid tribute to 100 Years of Cinema in a line that had all the makings of a Bollywood potboiler ...

The idea was to keep the treatment complex but cutting techniques simple and ensure linearity in the silhouette, but Arjun Saluja achieved much more than what he set out to do. His mesmerizing shapes, pleated Patialas, precise slashing to create an effect, zipper details on dresses, jackets along with interestingly ...

Much like the people of Punjab, the colourful threadwork executed in vibrant hues, Phulkari, made a sparkling entry, along with three showstoppers on the glitzy catwalk---Jacqueline Fernandes, Siddharth Malhotra and Esha Gupta. “I tend to work with one craft at a time, it was Kashmiri, then Chikankari, Phulkari has a ...

Plain plaits, with flowers, Bandhini saris draped across the waist deliciously, Zardosi collars peeping out of velvet jackets, asymmetrical dresses caressing lithe bodies and saffron adding a mystical edge, Tarun Tahiliani gave Maha Kumbh his heavenly experience, a spiritual twist as models walked down on the mesmerizing Sounds of Isha ...

Veteran designer Ashish N Soni wows with his clean, minimal line which saw a play of monochromes as he gets set to launch a sub-brand Ceremonia ...

Below all that metal, goth and rock is a heart that beats for women, Kanika Saluja Choudhary of the label Annaika is pro women in more ways than one. Not because her clothes are feminist, androgynous or as she says, “edgy” but also because she sticks to what she knows ...

There are few in the sea of designers who aspire to dress real women, with warts and all, and celebrate the beauty of simplicity, Sonam Dubal is one of them. Maybe that’s why it is not surprising he convinced the dark skinned artist Mithu Sen, in many ways his muse ...

Pankaj and Nidhi blew their own trumpet, quite literally! With a line that would make even the God of Guitar Jimmy Page sit up and take notice. No, not just because there were musical instruments, creating melody in their signature lattice work or crewel embroidery, but because the duo takes ...

Just like Gulzar sahib’s poetry, Swanand Kirkire’s haunting melody in Bawra Mann or Sudhir Mishra’s intense film Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi, Vineet Bahl’s chikankari was moving. Shunning a colonized attitude that all things Western are cool, Vineet stuck to what he is good at, Indian silhouettes to which he added his ...

Pero introduces saris for the first time, as Aneeth takes a trip around India to uncover the myriad jewels of weaves, she styles effortlessly into modern ensembles for a woman, who is unafraid of being herself ...

It is not that David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore haven’t done bridal wear before, they have, admits the former, but only for special clients and ‘on request’. So even as the duo gear up to show Shaadi Redux, their line immersed in stunning brocades, specially woven by Ekaya, which has ...

Interior design connoisseurs will tell you the most important ingredient of décor is primarily good taste, aesthetics, lighting to set the mood, and keeping the area uncluttered. Vikram Sharma, the set designer for WIFW Autumn-Winter 2013 has ensured just this as 600 workers work tirelessly to create magnificence at Hall ...

Crossing the Rubicon, one step at a time! You would never expect a girl born to academicians, in a small village near Haryana, Nangal Thakran, with an average literacy rate of 1 per cent, to be taking the catwalks by storm ...

Boys court glitz in a world dominated by women Ashish Kadya used to be the first one in the line, during his school photoshoots. Little did he know that this enthusiasm would be an asset in the world of modelling, when he was growing up in a non-descript village in ...