• Feb
    07
    By International Herald Tribune

    EVERY so often, a designer will whip up a dress that purports, temptingly but impossibly, to solve every woman’s figure problems.
    There was Diane Von Furstenberg’s wrap, which is great

  • Jan
    20
    By PTI

    Talk show host Oprah Winfrey wore a saree and popstar Lady Gaga draped one during their visits to India, adding to the list of celebrities seen sporting the traditional Indian

  • Jan
    12
    By Phyllida Jay

    A friend in her early 30s recounts to me how when she was small her family never bought ready-to-wear. Instead like many people in India did and still

  • Jan
    05
    By Phyllida Jay

    The New Year always creates a sense of optimism, good intentions to be laid on the clean slate of the months ahead.
    This is a good feeling, the promise of

  • Dec
    29

    Among the most unlikely items that some collectors today covet is the thangka, the Tibetan religious scroll that tells a story in pictures painted in glorious colours. Their value

  • Dec
    23
    By Phyllida Jay

    In the optimism that emanates from the idea of an India emergent, luxury forms a key component of the dreams and aspirations, which currently drive the idea of an India

  • Dec
    22
    By Phyllida Jay

    As a design team David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore’s partnership has endured the best part of 20 years. They have a third partner Kevin Nigli who

  • By Phyllida Jay

    Much attention was attracted last week when Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Chanel — the famous French design house – sent models down the catwalk in a collection named Paris-Bombay.

  • Dec
    15
    By Phyllida Jay

    Little Shilpa is the brand label and nickname of Shilpa Chavan, a hat designer who has rocketed to international attention since Lady Gaga was photographed wearing one of her head-pieces.

  • Nov
    24
    By Team roar

    In a world where ‘designer’ is the beginning of luxury tradition has only a small place. But a very special place