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Darling, you were divine

Darling, you were divine

Fashion is the heartbeat of drag performances, serving pomp brimming with craftsmanship and self-expression. Behind three drag acts in Mumbai, five artists let us into their atelier

12 May,2024 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Strength in numbers

Strength in numbers

Will Mumbai and 29 lakh SEWA sisters get a chance to visit a seminal show? The Hum Sab Ek exhibit, compiled from oral histories and surveys of 1,000 homes, maps the practical, expedient, and mutually beneficial solutions devised by India’s largest trade union of self-employed women to overcome COVID

05 May,2024 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Haan, doobey

Haan, doobey

With Earth Day tomorrow and a heatwave upon us, it’s an opportunity to dive deep into how swimwear brands are addressing climate change

21 April,2024 07:36 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
India’s romance with Meenakari

India’s romance with Meenakari

Jaipur’s newly-opened Museum of Meenakari Heritage pays tribute to Europe’s centuries-old enamel art form that found loving nurturers in Rajasthan’s master artisans

07 April,2024 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Say modern, masculine in same sentence

Say modern, masculine in same sentence

Menswear designers on gender norms, what modern masculinity represents, and why it is much more than a fist-pumping, ‘Boys, boys, boys…’

24 March,2024 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Thigh’s the limit

Thigh’s the limit

Nitya Arora, the designer behind jewellery label Valliyan, introduces jewels for your thighs on day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI in the city

17 March,2024 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
The power of Indian craft

The power of Indian craft

Known for being a craft purist in design circles, Gaurav Jai Gupta presented his punchiest collection yet at Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI on Thursday

16 March,2024 05:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Love could happen on a Wednesday

Love could happen on a Wednesday

Through a collection of skirts, tunic dresses and deconstructed shirts, designer Shweta Gupta narrates her love story with Almora, on Day 1 of Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI

15 March,2024 05:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Welcome to a block party

Welcome to a block party

A NIFT grad’s Insta-only unisex brand unabashedly makes love to, and only to, checkerboard plaid

03 March,2024 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware
Back to square one

Back to square one

Black History Month was perfect time to connect with Chinar Farooqui who works extensively with a centuries-old weave of vibrant horizontal and vertical lines that links India to Africa

03 March,2024 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Shweta Shiware

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