A chat with designer Narendra Kumar as he shifts focus from the ramp to films.

SHILPI MADAN
He is the latest designer to leap onto the Bollywood bandwagon. Former fashion editor of Elle and the current toast of the Indian and international fashion circuit, the slick, hat-sporting Narendra Kumar Ahmed has begun weaving his magic on filmi […]

Hyderabad-based fashion designer Anand Kabra feels his thematic strength – the ability to interpret an emotion or idea through a unifying concept – is visibly recognised as the leitmotif of his work. In conversation with Madhur Tankha….

Fashion designer Anand Kabra
 Real life incidents spark the artist in him to come out with something creative. Hyderabad-based […]

Her name is a brand that not only created ripples in the fashion industry but has also managed to stay on top for more than a decade. An exclusive e-mail interview with fashion designer Carolina Herrera.

(Left) Carolina Herrera (right) with her daughter.
ARCHANA SUBRAMANIAM
Venezuelan aristocrat Carolina Herrera’s foray into the fashion industry started as early […]

Where have the old Parsi garas gone, with their bewitching stitches and magnificence? 

 
Fading art: A Parsi gara. Photo: S. Thanthoni
PUSHPA CHARI
How does one describe the sheer perfection of Parsi gara embroidery in which birds take wing with the delicacy of a Japanese Haiku, weeping willows, tendrils and cranes twist and bend with […]

What’s his labels’ USP and is the premium you pay for his work worth it? 
 
HINDOL SENGUPTA
After 10 years of writing about fashion in India, I am still shocked how most people I know have never worn anything by an Indian designer (actually most of them can’t even name an Indian designer).
So I have decided that […]

She began like anyone else. But her climb to being a world famous brand is noteworthy. Excerpts from an exclusive telephonic conversation with Sylvaine Delacourte. 

Creating fragrances: Sylvaine Delacourte
ARCHANA SUBRAMANIAN
Guerlain’s creative director shoulders the responsibility for the world’s legendary perfumes. Sylvaine Delacourt is a stylish 45-year-old mother of two and the creator of […]

Five labels, a hundred outlets across the country and dreams infinite! Ace designer Anita Dongre says she has big ambitions…

Trendy and Eco-friendly…

MONA RAMAVAT
She can bring out the glamour through vivid designs with a contemporary flavour. So it’s not surprising that Anita Dongre’s newest collection evokes nothing short of desirable shock! The Liva Viscose collection, the […]

A sudden call to show her collection at the Dubai Fashion Week saw young designer Wafa Saifi go from strength to strength. 

SONAM JAIN 
They say a journey of 1000 miles must begin with a single step. Wafa Saifi began her journey in the world of designing with the launch of her debut collection at […]

Luxury, like everything else around us, needs nurturing and an appreciative ambience. But in India, it’s been isolated to pockets of wealth… 

Luxury is just a taste for the finer things in life… Photo: K. Murali Kumar
HINDOL SENGUPTA
After a particularly puke-inducing fashion show in one of India’s numerous fashion weeks, one of the […]

Raghavendra Rathore designs jewellery for the seasons 

Raghavendra Rathore with his creations. Photo: S. Subramanium
Anuj Kumar

A strong advocate of the view that designing is not only about crafting clothes, Raghavendra Rathore has finally started practising what he preached. Long after he introduced us to designer chocolates, Rathore recently designed software to measure c arbon […]