Fashion’s love affair with the breastplate

Fashion’s love affair with the breastplate

Global pop icon Shakira chose a sculptural Lunar Blue Wolf Gown for her maiden performance at the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour 2025 in Rio de Janeiro, which marks her feisty return to the stage after seven years. The Colombian singer’s outfit, designed by Gaurav Gupta, featured a custom-molded metallic breastplate adorned with an … Read more

India fashion week at 25: what is holding back its grand ambitions?

India fashion week at 25: what is holding back its grand ambitions?

Last week marked 25 years of fashion weeks in India, and that would include Mumbai’s Bollywood powered Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) and Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) supported Delhi Fashion Week. Just for comparison: Paris is in its 52nd year, Milan in its 66th, and New York, in its current format, is in the … Read more

The Lee X Suneet Varma collaboration, featuring Sara Ali Khan, blends comfort with couture

The Lee X Suneet Varma collaboration, featuring Sara Ali Khan, blends comfort with couture

Suneet Varma | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sara Ali Khan in an embroidered corset and skirt from the collection How do you take a ubiquitous fabric like denim — associated with rough use and daily wear — and make it look couture? This is a challenge, couturier Suneet Varma gladly took up as part … Read more

Aulerth: this jewellery brand is converting industrial waste into accessories

Aulerth: this jewellery brand is converting industrial waste into accessories

The desire to do something good can be the bedrock of a business. Vivek Ramabhadran’s new jewellery label, Aulerth, is trying to be one such idea. The brand uses metals reclaimed from industrial waste as raw material, then pairs it with man-made gemstones sourced from Jaipur and Thailand, getting well-known designers to create collections. Vivek … Read more