Alrght, it’s by now accepted that what we generally call haute couture in India is more or less termed as the bridal wear. Even as I am reluctant to call our high end garments as “couture” because to call it couture one has to follow a few set parameters and none of the designers follow that, I am still willing to forget that part for this is what gives them high earnings for all Indian fashion designers. Read more

Every one wants to be part of the couture week. The reason being, one it’s prestigious and two slots are very few as compared to fashion weeks. Read more

When I cam to Bombay to attend the first Aamby Valley India Bridal Week an industry friend warned me. He told me, “Here you may not recognise the people who come to attend. It won’t be your usual suspects who come to see regular fashion shows. Those coming here will be loaded to their necks, but unrecognizable faces!” Read more

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

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

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

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

There was a time when our fashion designers used to do theatrics on the fashion runway. You know, the kind of outlandish stuff that made people say that what designers show on the fashion runway is totally unwearable. Read more