A few months back, I had the opportunity to meet Francois Henri Pinault, chairman of PPR, the conglomerate that owns the Gucci Group.

As you may know, Gucci Group has several luxury labels under its umbrella such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Bedat & Co, Sergio Rossi, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, etc. [Read more]

There was a time, not so long ago, there were only a handful of fashion designers in India. Those days, whoever were in the business did their job seriously. [Read more]

In India we fashion models have celebrity status. Not that I have any problems with that, it’s just that I see that getting on to them and some of them even lose sight of their work. And that’s what I have a problem with.

Abroad, models are never given celebrity status unless they are supermodels such as Kate Moss or Alec Wek. [Read more]

The last couple of months have been the most trying months for me with me attending four fashion weeks. The hectic time started with the Van Heusen India Men’s Week followed by the Lakme Fashion Week.

Then came the HDIL India Couture Week and finally the recently-concluded Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. No doubt, after all these Weeks, I felt a wee bit ‘weak.’ [Read more]

So, we have the doyen of world fashion Didier Grumbach in our midst at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) in New Delhi these days. Didier Grumbach is the President of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, the governing body that organizes the Paris Fashion Week. What Didier says is considered the God’s own gospel in the world of fashion and his very presence at WIFW should be seen as a feather on its cap. [Read more]