There’s an interesting aspect about fashion weeks in India… Whenever the announcement of a new event comes, it also brings in tonnes of complaints. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Bickering, Delhi Couture Week, designers, fashion calendar, favouritism, Haute, hindustan times, men's fashion week, news, organisers
It’s good that India has a menswear week now. Last year I went to its first attempt with plenty of skepticism. But what I got to see there made me realize that our fashion designers, after all, are coming out of their ‘fantasy clothes’ and are now making commercially viable, wearable ones. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged fantasy clothes, fashion designers, hindustan times, Italian summer, menswear, men’s fashion week, news, Pitti Immagine Uomo 2010, super sexy outfits
There was a time when I used to think that in order to make an impact a fashion designer may have to look like a ‘fashion designer’ – weirdest of weird clothes, funny hairstyles, odd demeanours, funny walks and the works. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged chappal-suit combo, fashion designer, funny hairstyles, Giorgio Armani, Hermes cocktails, hindustan times, news, Tom Ford, Valentino, weird clothes
The first couture week in Delhi is coming up in July. While I have strong reservations on the word ‘couture’ being used to described high fashion garments, for lack of choice I reluctantly use the same word as the organizers of the event chose to use the same. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Anu Kottoor, Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, couture, Couture Week, delhi, Fashion, fashion designers, fashion industry, garments, july, Kootoor, model, Paris, pret