Chennai’s one-hour tailors have all your Deepavali fashion solutions

Chennai’s one-hour tailors have all your Deepavali fashion solutions

Tailors working on festive clothes | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan As the pre-deepavali rains bring a welcome change from the blistering heat, T Nagar’s Ranganathan Street is crammed with holiday shoppers on every corner. From the new swanky multi-storey shopping complexes, to garment businesses that have existed for generations, everyone gets a piece of the … Read more

Mumbai’s sari brand Suta comes to Chennai with a ‘slow’ store and festive launches

Mumbai’s sari brand Suta comes to Chennai with a ‘slow’ store and festive launches

Tanya Biswas (left) with sister Sujata | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When sisters Sujata and Tanya Biswas decided to kickstart an apparel brand, they launched with a collection of simple mulmul sarees that featured vibrant tassels. “They were basic, no-fuss weaves with no embellishments that weren’t available in the market then. The fabric was unstarched, … Read more

Sustainable handbag label Behno comes to India with Katrina Kaif as an investor

Sustainable handbag label Behno comes to India with Katrina Kaif as an investor

Katrina Kaif, ambassador and investor with Behno For every tie, knot and technique used in its bags, Behno has a story. The international handbag label headquartered in New York — with manufacturing units across India — had its homecoming recently, as Shivam Punjya, its founder, launched retail operations in India. Lodged within Behno’s signature knots are … Read more

The third edition of AYCS to showcase homegrown fashion, music and art

The third edition of AYCS to showcase homegrown fashion, music and art

A fashion show put together at AYCS  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When he successfully executed the first edition of All You Can Street (AYCS) at the age of 19 in 2021, Abhishek Gandhi wanted to make homegrown brands the new wave of trends. A year later, his brainchild — what he calls a cultural … Read more

A look at couture brands at recently-opened The Galleries at 32nd in Gurgaon

A look at couture brands at recently-opened The Galleries at 32nd in Gurgaon

An outfit by Aroka | Photo Credit: Angus Guite A couple of years ago, a real-estate business family (we will call them the Sharmas) chanced upon a barren land in Gurgaon, precisely 32 kilometres away from central Delhi. After investing in commercial, luxury residential, microbreweries, hospitality, and co-working spaces for decades, the idea of an … Read more

Chennai’s By Hand From The Heart makers’ market is back with AR-enabled shopping, workshops, and more

Chennai’s By Hand From The Heart makers’ market is back with AR-enabled shopping, workshops, and more

A bag by Subr | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Known for spotlighting homegrown brands across art, fashion, and craft categories, among others, By Hand from the Heart returns to the city this weekend with new product categories and experiences. The popular makers’ market curated by Deepa Sekar and Kshiti Davey will feature a design-centric AR … Read more

Major fire breaks out in Odisha’s Puri shopping complex, over 100 people rescued

Major fire breaks out in Odisha’s Puri shopping complex, over 100 people rescued

People gather near the shopping complex where a fire broke out at Grand Road, in Puri, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI A major fire broke out at a shopping complex in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday night, police said. The blaze was first spotted at a garments shop on the first floor of … Read more

Numaish: Nostalgia, fairy lights, spicy food

Numaish: Nostalgia, fairy lights, spicy food

The milling crowds, the fairy lights of ferris wheel, the metallic whirr and roar inside the well of death, the wafting aroma of roasting corn, the sizzle of mirchi bhajji spell only one thing at the Numaish — money. They spell big money for hundreds of families that look forward to the 46-day shopping fiesta … Read more

Madras Finds’ The Jolly Ol’ Pop Up is in Chennai this weekend

Madras Finds’ The Jolly Ol’ Pop Up is in Chennai this weekend

Shoppers at the 2021 Christmas pop-up at The Folly, Amethyst | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ever since Nivedita Ganeshram of Madras Finds hosted her first pop-up last year, her Instagram page (@ madrasfinds) has been the go-to platform for Chennai’s homegrown brands. Now, after hoisting a ramen pop-up earlier this year, she is back with … Read more