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Gen Z's 7-day style cycle

New Delhi, June 6 -- Ayesha Kathuria, 19, is sizing up my "very millennial" outfit-oversized white shirt and printed black ankle-length skirt. Red-and-white crew socks would have made my outfit "pop",... Read More


Gen Z can't stop buying fast fashion and won't repeat outfits-here's why

New Delhi, June 6 -- Ayesha Kathuria, 19, is sizing up my "very millennial" outfit-oversized white shirt and printed black ankle-length skirt. Red-and-white crew socks would have made my outfit "pop",... Read More


Why labubu dolls, Disney cartoons have become part of adult fashion

New Delhi, May 29 -- Open up a social media feed, and you are bombarded with blink-and-you-miss-it trends. There is one quirky movement, though, that's been enjoying a fan following among the stylish ... Read More


Why labubu dolls, Disney cartoons have entered the adult wardrobe

New Delhi, May 29 -- Open up a social media feed, and you are bombarded with blink-and-you-miss-it trends. There is one quirky movement, though, that's been enjoying a fan following among the stylish ... Read More


Designer Anamika Khanna is hitting refresh

New Delhi, May 9 -- This is not the Anamika Khanna I met a few years ago. Back then, the Kolkata-based designer stuck to crisp one-line answers, and was uninterested in explaining herself. She preferr... Read More


Met Gala 2025: Shahrukh Khan and Diljit Dosanjh make dandyism personal

New Delhi, May 6 -- India's star presence at the Met Gala-officially the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit, or a fancy dress competition for the super-rich to raise money for the ... Read More


Met Gala 2025: Shahrukh Khan and Diljit Dosanjh made dandyism very personal

New Delhi, May 6 -- India's star presence at the Met Gala-officially the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit or, in other words, a fancy dress competition for the super-rich that he... Read More


Meet Ritu Beri, the 'selfish' designer

New Delhi, May 2 -- The first-person singular pronoun "I" comes up often when designer Ritu Beri speaks, though not in a self-indulgent way. It's a reflection of her strong sense of identity, of creat... Read More


The salwar is not dead

New Delhi, April 5 -- During a recent Iftar get-together at Old Delhi's grand Jama Masjid, a pair of pants caught my attention: the floor-sweeping farshi salwar, which borrows its name from the Urdu w... Read More


The salwar returns to the runway with a new look

New Delhi, April 5 -- During a recent Iftar get-together at Old Delhi's grand Jama Masjid, a pair of pants caught my attention: the floor-sweeping farshi salwar, which borrows its name from the Urdu w... Read More