India, Aug. 30 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted each and every sector. Fashion industry is no exception and has left its mark with every individual. Those who think that the term only denotes couture and hence expensive, couldn't have got it more wrong. One doesn't have to wear expensive couture to be in fashion. Ready to wear clothing is fashion too, says Monisha Jaising. She is one of India's first and foremost fashion designers, and was also one of the first to exhibit and retail through ensemble.

She tells you that in order to understand fashion one has to first understand the difference between ready to wear and custom-made. "In the fashion world when one says ready-to-wear it means Pret short for Pret-a-Porter, a French word w...