When the curtains fell on year 2011, fashion designer Manish Arora’s name still remained the most accomplished one from India’s fashion industry. With his maiden collection for Paco Rabanne under his belt and his Paris Fashion Week shows still being some of the most talked about shows in the West, this designer has managed to earn the name that India needed in the western fashion world. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Anil Chopra, fashion designers, FDCI, India's fashion industry, Lakme, LFW, Manish Arora, Paco Rabanne, Paris Fashion Week, Vinod Nair, western fashion world
Just the other day I was at a cocktail party and bumped into a model whom I had probably seen a couple of seasons on the fashion runway. After seeing me and greeting me, she called me aside as whispered into my ears, “did I tell you I opened a modeling agency?” Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged choreographers, hindustan times, make-up artists, models, New Delhi, news, stylists, Tailor Talk, Vinod Nair, Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week
Recently I went for a couple of in-store events that a few brands did as part of their promotional activities. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged brands, Fashion, fashion designer, hindustan times, news, promotional activities, shopping, Tailor Talk, Vinod Nair
I am not quite sure why Chanel’s designer Karl Lagerfeld chose to call his show “Paris-Bombay” when he filled his show with all the opulence that the Indian Maharajas once used to flaunt. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged accessories, Chennai, embellished jackets, gold bracelets, Golden tweed jackets, hindustan times, Indian Maharajas, Jodhpuris, Karl Lagerfeld, lungi skirts, news, Paris-Bombay, Tailor Talk, Vinod Nair
So, even after our country bagging the dubious title of being one with maximum number of fashion weeks, now we have yet another one in the basket: a resort week in Goa which will kick start soon this month. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Filed under Fashion, Necessity · Tagged fashion in India, Goa fashion week, hindustantimes, HT blogs, Indian fashion, news, Tailor Talk, Vinod Nair