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 and its shows are getting more interesting. Now, with the introduction of off-site shows at the forthcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, the way shows are presented are poised to change drastically. 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

I must say I am impressed with the way Dior CEO Sidney Toledano and luxury conglomerate LVMH reacted to the news of John Galliano’s recent controversy where he allegedly assaulted and pelted racial abuses to a Jewish-Asian couple. Read more

Last week I was in Paris to attend the Dior Couture show at the Paris Couture Week. After being heard so much about the brand and its legendary designer John Galliano, I realized that it will be quite an experience being at his Spring/Summer ’11 presentation. Read more

Last week I was at the exhibition of Anish Kapoor, the world-famous India-born British sculptor both in Mumbai and Delhi. 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