If Rohit Bal is the reigning King of Indian fashion, there’s a reason to it. It isn’t easy being a Rohit Bal! There’s no one who can do designing the way he can. Every single piece is a work of art and for the same reason, he could well be called an artistic designer. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 7:51 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Arpan Vohra, cord detailing, Cutworks, Dozakh, embroidery, hindustan times, Jatin Verma, Lakme Fashion Week, Malini Agarwala, motifs, news, resham, Rohit Bal, Vinod Nair, zari
Yet another season and yet another bunch of fashion shows. But when this season’s Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week started off with Shantanu & Nikhil’s showing, unfortunately their collection left much to be desired for an opening presentation… or for that matter even as a regular show. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:53 am
Filed under Fashion · Tagged anupama dayal, fashion shows, hindustan times, news, Rohit Bal, runway, Shantanu & Nikhil, Vineet Bahl, Vinod Nair, Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week
This time I have decided to give a brief run down on what all happened on the runway at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 1:02 am
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Grand Hyatt, J J Valaya, Jatin Verma, Lakme Fashion Week, Mohemmed Javed Khan, Nikhil Thampi, Niranjana Adhya, Nishka Lulla, Rohit Bal, Sidharta Aryan, Urmi Ghosh
Now that the next couture week is round the corner, I think it will be a good idea for us if we get to see some newer talents in the field of high fashion. Read more

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged delhi, fashion show, fashion weeks, FDCI's couture week, hindustantimes, Mumbai, prêt collection, Rohit Bal, Tailor Talk, Vinod Nair
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

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged Alika jackets, Anamika Khanna, couture, Couture Week, embroidery, fashion calendar, FDCI, Gaurav Gupta, hindustan times, JJ Valaya, Manish Malhotra, men’s fashion week, Rani Mukherjee, Rohit Bal, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Silhouettes, Sunil Sethi, The Grand, Vidya Balan
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

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Posted by Vinod Nair on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Filed under Fashion · Tagged bridal wear, catwalk, Couture Week, haute couture, hindustan times, lehengas, news, Rohit Bal, shock factor, wedding season
A couple of days ago at a Vasant Kunj (Delhi) traffic intersection, a car pulled up beside mine. When I looked that side I saw fashion designer Rohit Bal (Gudda) sitting in the car, as always next to his driver. Read more

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