I have seen many using fashion as a means to support a cause. But what Elle magazine does for breast cancer awareness and support has by far been the best example for doing something with plenty of feeling from inside and with best results. Read more

We all know that Indian fashion designers make their money during the wedding season. And now is the wedding season. Read more

The big festival Deepavali is round the corner… the wedding season is already on. This is that time of the year when fashion designers in India make most if their killings. Read more

For the last few days I have been hearing that once again FDCI members, especially the ones who are on its board, are being discouraged to take part in any other events, whether or not those events are in competition to FDCI. Read more

Alright, we have some good and some fashion weeks here in India. With many starting their own fashion weeks, I am not sure for whose benefit are they really is though, India now has the distinction that (again) that I am not sure of as to whether we can take pride in, or to hang our heads in shame… of having the largest number of fashion weeks in any country around the world! Read more

Remember the time when there were more fashion weeks in India than probably fashion designers? The time when from Kashmir to Kanyakumari had fashion weeks in each cities? Well, the energy with which all of them have come up seems to have vanished now. Read more

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

Just today I saw a couple of fashion designers (who I don’t think so must if I may add) handing over a piece of their creation to an actress. Read more

In one of the shows at the recently held Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, suddenly I saw a rather heavy woman choosing to lower herself on the designated media seat on the front row with a couple of her friends. Then I saw the PR girls in charge of the media requesting them to vacate the seats as editors of those seats were due to come any minute. Read more

One thing I got to tell you. Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) president Sunil Sethi deserves a pat on his back for spearheading the concept of a men’s week in India. Read more