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

While walking past the stores at Delhi’s Emporio mall today I realised one thing… that people here really love to shop their favourite (and sometimes not so favourite too) brands when there is a ‘SALE’ sticker pasted on the store’s door. Read more

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

When luxury brands open more than one store in the same city, I always wonder why they do that. About seven years ago, when there was this feeling that for high end brands Indian market may become like China, but soon that feeling was replaced with a more convincing feeling that it’s a growing market, but a slow growing one at that. Read more

Alright, so we have most of the luxury brands in India. That means we have access now to some of the most finely crafted things using the best raw material available on this planet. Read more

Indian millionaires are on the increase. According to Capgemini and Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report 2011, India’s population of High Networth Individual (HNWI) population has increased by 26,000 to 153,000 placing the number really close to Italy and Brazil. Read more

There have been many luxury brands coming into India and setting up shop in the country. Even with high tariffs and lack of infrastructure, several luxury houses have sensed the potential that India holds in terms of their business prospects and then declared that India is the next big destination for them. Read more

This time winter in Delhi has been one of the most fierce ones in recent times. Low temperatures coupled with strong breezes have made the weather somewhat bone chilling in the city. 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

Even as the economic slowdown slowly started gripping India, it was still seen as one of the promising new markets for luxury brands from across the world. Till recently one of the most trying factors for brands trying to set shop in the country has been the lack of retail infrastructure and heavy tariffs here. Read more