The Artist is Absent

The Artist is Absent

 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 ...
Grammar of Ornamentation

Grammar of Ornamentation

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 ...
Men not in Black

Men not in Black

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 ...
Hook, line and Sinker

Hook, line and Sinker

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 ...
Das Kapital

Das Kapital

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 ...
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

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 ...
The Curated Closet

The Curated Closet

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 ...
Sultans of Swing

Sultans of Swing

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 ...
Flying Carpet

Flying Carpet

 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 ...
Art of the In-Between

Art of the In-Between

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 ...
Side-by-Side

Side-by-Side

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 ...
The Atlas of Chic

The Atlas of Chic

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 Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

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 ...
Family Guy

Family Guy

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 ...
Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box

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 ...
Desert Storm

Desert Storm

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 ...
Power of Now

Power of Now

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 ...
Go Girl!

Go Girl!

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 ...
Lean In

Lean In

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 ...
Good Ol’ Days

Good Ol’ Days

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 ...
Gentlemen’s Code

Gentlemen’s Code

Sahil Aneja takes adds street iconography to the generally ‘studied’ menswear By Asmita Aggarwal ...
The prodigal son

The prodigal son

The shirt fuses seamlessly with the eponymous jacket in Dhruv Vaish’s SS 17 line. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Whatever You Say

Whatever You Say

London School of Economics major Abhishek Kankaria teams up with college buddy Shrruti Tapuria to design a range of bags and jewellery. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Love Actually

Love Actually

Romance, memories, shine and geometry meet this spring as Amit Aggarwal redefines the cool quotient, Pankaj and Nidhi let the ‘light’ in and Hemant and Nandita give you 50 rules of love!  By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Holiday Mood

Holiday Mood

Reby Kumar of Guapa hopes to make resort wear a necessity in India By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Metallica

Metallica

Gaurav  Jai Gupta’s evocative line explores the sometimes reckless relationship between man (hand woven) and machine made (stainless steel), while Payal Pratap gives prints an intuitive sub-text. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Flight of Fantasy

Flight of Fantasy

Crafts and textiles are a bit like the Richard Bach, 70s story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a quest for self-perfection and riding the wave of belief that finally becomes an aerial feat! AIFW SS’ 17 warms the cockles of your heart with that unfettered passion for hand-crafted! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Gold Rush

Gold Rush

India gets luxurious as pin stripes, kedia tops and Pochampally Ikat make a play for the spotlight at the AIFW’16 grand finale. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Fashionably Courageous

Fashionably Courageous

The hugely talented Rina Singh of Eka maintains equanimity by courting stripes, monochromes and using immersive mirrors as a metaphor of life! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Sensual not provocative

Sensual not provocative

Mandira Wirk walks the right rope as she offers diaphanous drapes, concept saris and constructed jackets, this autumn-winter 2016 with just a hint of sexy! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Floral splendour

Floral splendour

Gauri and Nainika pay homage to the pansy, with a little help from artist Travis Black By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Colliding Contrasts

Colliding Contrasts

German Hussars inspire Pankaj and Nidhi as they beautifully intermix vintage military with evening wear By Asmita Aggarwal ...
‘I make happy clothes’

‘I make happy clothes’

Naga warriors inspire Anupamaa Dayal as she comes back riveted from a trip to the north-east and confesses to be ‘inked with love’. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Malleable Modernity

Malleable Modernity

Kolkata-based accessory designer Vasundhara Mantri unravels the power of costume jewellery which is slowly becoming a tour de force on the style landscape. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

The boy from Gorakhpur is set to add fieriness to a line that is subdued with beiges, as Antar Agni charts a path to success with Ujjawal Dubey’s surreal vision. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Precious Charms

Precious Charms

Ambar Pariddhi Sahai pays homage to memories in an accessory line soaked in the hues of modern India. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Modern Classics

Modern Classics

Menswear designer Divyam Mehta hopes to give textiles a global look through his new line ‘Into the Woods’. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Zip Code: Minimal

Zip Code: Minimal

Ikkat, raw edges, and mirror work resonate with Virtues, Dhruv Kapoor and Malini Ramani By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Biker chic meets vintage lace

Biker chic meets vintage lace

Kanika Saluja is back after two years, hoping to mix leather, tweed and lace, making autumn a season to remember! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Art of Seduction

Art of Seduction

Rina Dhaka courts knitwear with monochromes, as Kiran Uttam Ghosh inveigles with Dhakai dhoti pants and Shantanu and Nikhil keep up the glam factor up diaphanous drapes By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Gifted Mind

Gifted Mind

Neoprene meets brocade in Varun Bahl’s ode to autumn. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
70 MM Dreams

70 MM Dreams

Morocco-born and Amsterdam raised Ikram, a huge Bollywood fan hopes to work with filmmaker Farah Khan, as this first-time model remains a true Priyanka Chopra admirer. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman

Lagos-born Ugochi, a trained interior designer fights prejudice against blacks by day and keeps her head held high as she shines on the catwalk for the first time. By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Not tilting the scales

Not tilting the scales

Lawyer-turned-model Olivia, loves the cultural magnificence of India as this history lover is charmed by the vivacity of its colours and flavours! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Out-of-the (beat) box

Out-of-the (beat) box

Sanjay Garg’s Raw Mango keeps the mood upbeat as his mushroo and mogra remind you of quintessential India and leaves you longing for more! By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Trompe l’oeil

Trompe l’oeil

25 was the magical number at the grand finale, with a sublime blend of emotion, colour and craft as the stage radiated with passion and documented the journey of Indian fashion By Asmita Aggarwal ...
The Doors

The Doors

Riders on the storm, a classic by Jim Morrison finds a place of pride in Pia Pauro’s repertoire; Ruchika Sachdev’s Bodice woos straight-forwardness, a rare fashion need, and Nikhita’s evening outing is soaked in blushing glam By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Inveterate Designs

Inveterate Designs

From swashbuckling cricket to the inordinate looms, it has been a thrilling journey for Amalraj, as the first timer at AIFW 2015 is taking measured steps towards nurturing an unequivocal identity By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Stay hungry, stay foolish

Stay hungry, stay foolish

Sneha Arora’s ‘appetite’ for prints is enormous and this autumn 2015, she is going on a fruit diet By Asmita Aggarwal ...
In love, one and one are one: Sartre

In love, one and one are one: Sartre

‘Uniform’ is quite an oxymoron with Aneeth as she doesn't stick to codes of style and that’s what makes her autumn-winter 2015 line a bag of surprises from Scottish checks woven in Himachal, to enamel buttons from the Pink City By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Infinite Impermanence

Infinite Impermanence

A purist, Pratima Pandey detests textile blends and displays her unabashed love for florals and chanderi, this Aut-winter 2015 By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Tex-Mix

Tex-Mix

Sonam Dubal after a year-long hiatus is back, fully empowered, working with NGOs like Sasha and teaching at alternate mediums like Adishakti By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Jahan At her Feet

Jahan At her Feet

Anupama raises the flag for subtle feminism, as roses and tulips create floral splendour in a line that pays homage to Mehrunnisa’s fortitude By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Secret Keeper

Secret Keeper

We look at an old picture and our eyes well up with tears; or an old quilt that gave us warmth during a testing time, still brings back a flood of memories, Rina Singh of Eka has captured the most dear thoughts as she time travels this autumn-winter 2015 By ...
Inner Engineering

Inner Engineering

Indigo-dyed Khadi denim and kala cotton, give Himanshu Shani’s 11:11, a distinct flavour, as autumn creates a mood for sustainability By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Sharp shooters

Sharp shooters

Nidhi Ahuja’s quiet fortitude gets a vent in her deft pattern cutting and robust knowledge that she attained at NIFT; her free thinking ways, love for textures and innovative techniques is what gives impetus to Pankaj and Nidhi’s autumn-winter line ‘Rouge Minerale’ By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

Sequins and sports make a heady combo as Namrata courts brocade, dori work and felt this aut-winter 2015 By Asmita Aggarwal ...
I Am It (Amit)

I Am It (Amit)

36.5 million tonnes of waste is generated by our country annually that’s why recycling seems like a tenacious need, Amit Aggarwal does it the superhero way By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Dendritic Diversions

Dendritic Diversions

Malini Ramani courts sensuality, while Rina Dhaka introduces structured grids; Pallavi Mohan makes a play for agile wraps and Rohit and Rahul can’t get enough of whistling monochromes By Asmita Aggarwal ...
Revisiting Bengal

Revisiting Bengal

Kevin Nigli of A & T discusses the importance of brand identity and reinventing the wheel as autumn will be a celebration of Bengal’s heady crafts By Asmita Aggarwal ...