Tag: #AsmitaAggarwal

Serendipity got her to fashion, sustainable became her mantra, antiques her lexicon, Divya Sheth lets the past and future collide in her ensembles By Asmita Aggarwal With a family known to be loyal devotees constructing temples from Gujarat to Bihar, Divya Sheth never thought fashion would be her soul calling ...

Sushma Shah handcrafts jewellery from waste and manages to lure even the most unconventional buyer to try her experimental pieces! By Asmita Aggarwal Sometimes we aspire to do the exact opposite of what we see around us, maybe it is because we already know what it entails, the perils and ...

Priyanka Baid is shining the light on wood as an alternative to metal, as she handcrafts whimsical clutches armed with eclectic energy By Asmita Aggarwal Three daughters and a businessman father, who wanted an heir to run the family business in Kolkata made it hard for Priyanka Baid to choose, ...

Ambika Pillai has earned and held onto the reputation of being one of the country’s best make-up artists for almost three decades. Her understanding of beauty goes beyond current fads and instead, explores the context of the beauty world and its evolution. Crowned “Best Make Up Artist” by Vogue, and awardee of ...

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 ...

 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 ...

A torch bearer of Communism and social equality, in the early 19thcentury, Frida Kahlo today has become a symbol of empowerment as our quest for liberation of the spirit longs for quietude. It is this tenderness with which Payal Jain celebrates 25 years! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Ecologically sustainable and hand spun, khadi is a leitmotif for freedom of the spirit; there was no better way to say this than with Anju Modi adding it to the lexicon of the younger generation with dhotis, and monochrome check jackets By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Should fashion be evolutionary? Must it look at alternatives to cloth? Can paper be moulded? And are monochromes eternal...Pratap answers all this with quiet ease and an ‘eye’ on the future By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Zealous showstoppers, monochromatic renditions, wispy 80s, endearing Schiffli and some Shibori made day two of AIFW SS’18 whimsical By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Ragini Ahuja’s brother Tanmay gets a touching tribute, as she raises pertinent questions about displaced refugees through soft as mul Chanderis and dexterously executed appliqué By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Indore’s Aartivijay Gupta’s rather unusual trajectory to fame has been sprinkled with stories of courage that took her from a traditional, small town Marwari girl to an astute businesswoman By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Schulen Fernandes is carrying forward the legacy of Wendell Rodricks’ decision to drop out of the race of hectic fashion, and Samant Chauhan’s ‘palette cleanser’ ivories and bold floral deluge interspersed with the science of human fragility as witnessed in Goethe’s Faust was enriching By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The man who launched a thousand ad campaigns Milind Soman, mingles with Nida Mahmood as she flirts with gym wear for her SS’18 line By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Divorce-lawyer-turned designer, Aditi Mohoni crafts a story with each piece of khadi that she manipulates By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Saloni Sakaria, 25, hopes to offer affordability with substantiality, in her love affair with the label, Third Floor By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Rimzim Dadu deconstructs zari and infuses it with raw energy as the girl from Rajasthan views colour through the canvas of the magnificent havelis boasting of a melange of gold, silver and an era of decadence By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Kanika Goyal’s distinctly vivacious thought process is a result of her training under Bibhu Mohapatra and lessons in the finer nuances of Italian tailoring at Parsons By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Shasha Gaba believes in less is more as she offers you her organza sari, yes, with an awesome drape minus the fluff! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Kolkata raised Pooja Shroff is hoping to offer women an epigrammatic taste of drapes with nifty hand painted florals By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Two boys Amit Vijaya and Richard Pandav (of Amrich) decide to abandon the technical skills they learnt studying IT and Botany and join NID to study textiles and swim with the sharks in the fashion pool By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Can less be more when it comes to traditional Indian wear? And, does functionality and wearability have a place in it? We ask Charu Vij, the designer behind Aekatri By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The new check trouser for men teamed up with a sherwani has foresaken the churidar and pyjama just like the iced coffee and white tones have replaced the reds in Manish Malhotra’s new bridal glossary. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Rina Dhaka courts wash and wear by crafting a new mill fabric with a pre-crushed effect and of course, appends a benevolent dose of gold.  By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Gaurav Gupta’s ode to lace that he handcrafted or the hybrid lehenga-gown that he created as well as the Zaha Hadid potato chips-like architectural silhouettes he manipulated on nimble shoulders made him an undisputed superstar.  By Asmita Aggarwal ...

There is no consternation in Anita’s mind, she sharply cuts through fashion’s impertinent milieu with her new introduction, the Obi belt, zari embroidered skater dresses with tie details and the voluminous bell shaped offerings, as she courts white with aplomb. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Muses can vary, but vintage flowers are constant companions for Varun Bahl, who’s tiered, translucent gowns and flouncy lehengas bristled in never making you incognito. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Monisha captures bright moments through her interesting take on the off shoulder tuxedo jacket as well as shimmering bodices of cut out gowns that displayed her love for Angelina Jolie-esque poses (the leg play), making it tres chic on a rather wet July day! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Gotta, intensity of colour, dynamic artisanal work, there was minimalism despite the sandstorm of maximalism in Anju’s lexicon, as she took us to the land of jharokhas and aad (princess chokers); it was seduction by royal charm. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

The Blue Mosque, Islamic techniques like Girikh to Spanish inspirations like Majolica, Rahul Mishra took us around the world, in his 46 piece camel safari and then gave it a modern twist by making couture easy to wear and wash! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Tarun Tahiliani’s homage to Indian weddings came in the form of star gazing with celestial bodies like Chantilly lace, diaphanous drapes and a shower burst of Swarovski crystals. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Kerala's Kathakali meets UP's Chikankari and Patolas romance brocades as couturier Manav Gangwani added star dust with Disha Patani in his ICW 2017 showcase. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Anamika Khanna’s subtle Banarasis and real zari offerings made ICW 2017 a celebration of candour transforming the tempestuous bridal space and infusing it with savoir faire, rather than merely tradition. By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Unlike the West which is embracing mottled and scruffy, and with Gucci blurring the lines between the two genders, men in India still prefer monochromes and a smattering of grey, though Abhishek Patni brought ‘in’ the outdoors with his parkas and faux fur lining By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Suhani Parekh matches her minimalist aesthetic with Amit Aggarwal’s Patolas at the grand finale, as Aprajita Toor elevates his ubiquitous brocades with her custom-made wonders! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Fashion does meet art, and yes, sporty can be sexy! By Asmita Aggarwal ...

Abhishek Paatni’s enterprising designs for Nought One and Zero highlight the growing opportunity for designers in Indian menswear. He is all set to present his new collection—which merges streetwear with military-inspired clothing and promises to breathe life in corduroy By Asmita Aggarwal ...