Many times in the past I wondered why can’t we have an event where designers can do what they want in terms of showing their creativity. Of course, the answer lay in a Couture Week. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Anamika Khanna, Couture Week, creations, Gaurav Gupta, hindustan times, Indian festive wear, outlandish, runway, skepticism, western wear
Thanks to FDCI’s President Sunil Sethi, now we have a full fashion calendar. His constant efforts to bring in newer things under the ambit of FDCI saw men’s fashion week happening for the first time in the country last year and now a couture week. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Alika jackets, Anamika Khanna, couture, Couture Week, embroidery, fashion calendar, FDCI, Gaurav Gupta, hindustan times, JJ Valaya, Manish Malhotra, men’s fashion week, Rani Mukherjee, Rohit Bal, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Silhouettes, Sunil Sethi, The Grand, Vidya Balan
Many times in the past I have read the word ‘fash’ in the newspapers. Ostensibly it meant fashion and you would realize that only after reading what is written under it. Personally, I detest the word. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged accessories, Asha Baxi, controversies, fabric, fash, fashion journalism, hindustan times, news, newspaper, NIFT, professor, reporter, silhouette
It is interesting to see ‘models’ at parties and in party reports…but guess what, they are not models to begin with!
I always wondered if there was one thing that we should attribute to our fashion models being portrayed as celebrities, what would it be? To begin with are they models at all? Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged B.Tech, celebrities, doctor, DTC, engineer, hindustan times, mannequins, MBBS, models, news, ribbons, supermodel, underwear advertisements
Now that Delhi’s first and the country’s second couture week is just a couple of weeks away, it will be interesting to see what the participating designers are going to unveil on the runway. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged bridal wear, catwalk, Couture Week, haute couture, hindustan times, lehengas, news, Rohit Bal, shock factor, wedding season