About Vinod Nair

Stepping into fashion was pre-meditated for Vinod Nair. Hailing from a small town in Kerala, where men wore dhotis like mini skirts, most women smelt like drums of coconut oil, he thought the only way to size up pretty girls and still not get hit by their stilettos was by writing about them. So he started that in 1991 when fashion was still small here. Writing, of course, was incidental. In 2004, Vinod Nair was awarded “Best Fashion Journalist” at the first fashion awards in the country, F-Awards. Fashion has gone a long way since then… but he still stands where he started…

Okay, let’s not get into what the Hollywood stars wore at the Cannes film festival this time. Their stylists know their job and it showed, as always, on them. They looked immaculate. [Read more]

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Close to three decades and we are still far behind when it comes to making it to the global fashion arena. Is that enough? Not quite.

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There are many fashion shows that come through many fashion weeks in India. I must say they all are fun to watch. No matter how many fashion weeks come up here, they always have enough fashion designers taking part in them showing their collections. [Read more]

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The question really is more of what? More fashion weeks? More opportunities or more fights and resentment? [Read more]

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Sensing India’s fashion designers’ ability to cash in on the wedding time by making bridalwear and groom’s outfits, wedding exhibitions and bridal shows have now found a place on the fashion map here. [Read more]

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