The question really is more of what? More fashion weeks? More opportunities or more fights and resentment? Read more

It was the Lakme Fashion Week that first decided to do away with “summer” and “winter” themes and come out with their fashion weeks with resort wear as the main theme. I thought it was a good decision as even with the seasonal themes for summer or winter one saw contradicting collections hitting the runways. With resort wear as the theme one thought the collections will be more interesting and thus more saleable. Read more

End of another season. All fashion weeks are over now but what you hear at the end of the Week, you hear the same now from some of the designers who participated… where are the buyers? Read more

Besides the much-talked about Delhi Couture Week that finished its phenomenal success with many good shows on the runway, there are many that have happened in the last few days and there are many that are underway in the coming weeks. 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

Fashion weeks are always a mix of some real good shows and some real bad ones… and often one gets stuck in dual shows where a really bad show is followed by a nicer showing where you are forced to watch the first one in anticipation of the second! Read more

I just received a call from a model. She was all excited, she told me, because she just finished her work at the Auto Expo… standing next to a yet-to-be-launched car was a wee bit tough for her, but the money wasn’t all that bad, she told me. 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

The news about Lakme CEO Anil Chopra quitting his job somewhat came as a shock to me. I have known Anil now for about 18 years and every one knows that he has been actively involved in fashion weeks in India ever since its inception. Read more

Alright, we have seen many stars (rarely A class but surely B, C and D class), either walk the fashion runway during fashion shows or come in big numbers to lend support to the designer and sit on the front rows and cheer and applaud when the collections are presented. Read more