Annie Titus Mammen prefers to maintain a low profile. To the extent that the fashion designer from Chennai launched her first-ever Insta page tambour.1985 just about three months ago. She has never had an outlet of her own to sell her product line. But it is her portfolio of work that leaves you wide-eyed. Fashion … Read more
Purses, jewellery and accessories that will be displayed at Collage | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Collage, Chennai’s multi-dimensional fashion and luxury store, is stepping into its 20th year with a retrospective that romances nostalgia. In collaboration with Mumbai’s high-end boutique Beg Borrow Steal, it is bringing antique jewellery and art along with vintage textiles and … Read more
Special commissions from Rahul Mishra | Photo Credit: Mitsun Soni A little over 150 years ago, over 30,000 hand cut and mounted samples of Indian textiles were painstakingly organised into an album series to educate and inspire commercial and design industries in India and Britain. Its creator, John Forbes Watson, called them ‘trade museums’. Watson … Read more
There was a time when buying second-hand or what is now called pre-loved fashion, was frowned upon. Today, it is the talk of the luxury-burg town. Revered watch and couture brands are realising the allure of pre-loved glamour and adopting this trend to not only meet their sustainability goals but also as a new way … Read more