It may be too late for a made to measure suit, but that is not reason to ditch the party. Veer off the beaten path and you will find that all it takes for a stellar look is an ingenious spot of styling and an experimental streak. Mix and match your wardrobe favourites, from larger ...
Bizarre Trends: What Not To Wear In 2016
Times flies and this year just went by in a snap. From political reforms (or the lack of it) to avant-garde trends, 2015 has been an epic year in many respects. An emoticon made it to the dictionary as did the word athleisure, and the year has been a celebration of social media and small ...
5 Party Guests You Will Run Into This New Year’s Eve
Whether you are hosting a year-end party or crashing one, parties are just the place to meet new people. The food and drink may be great, but what will make parties truly memorable are the prize specimens you meet through the night. Unique event spots offer memorable experiences for all attendees. Listing here, our favourite five ...
Own the night: Party outfits for every body type
Have your invites for all the year-end soirees begun pouring in? Ours have, and chances are you—like us—are already planning on being the best dressed girl in the room. But before you pick that outfit from the window display you saw at your favourite store, check out our ultimate guide to dressing according to your ...
The Bling Ring: Festive Jewellery Trends of the Season
These may well be the most exciting months of the year. From New Year soirees to music festivals and all the weddings in between, all the good stuff seem to be winter fixtures, leading right up to February. With a mood of celebrations in the air, you are ready and dressed up for every festive ...
Party Spirit: Dressing Up in Christmas Colours
’Tis the season to be jolly. Think Christmas and everything warm and fuzzy comes to mind. Gift-laden Christmas trees, plum cake and mulled wine, and lots of parties—can there be a better way to ring in the year-end holidays? While you choose from your many invites, or host your own shindig, turn to our curated ...
Inside Sithara Kudige’s Closet
Photographs VASANTH PAUL How would you describe your personal style? Classic and minimalist, but with a boho twist. What are your fashion influences? I find street style very inspiring. It’s always interesting to track fashion and watch how people adapt runway looks to their own style. What are your closet’s most prized possessions? A vintage watch I got as a gift, ...
Now Trending: Pink
Think pink and everything saccharine comes to mind. Cupcakes, poufy dresses, strawberry ice-cream, and all things pretty. But as Reese Witherspoon showed us in Legally Blonde, this hue is so much more than its feminine stereotypes. For pink isn’t just pretty and men can (and should) wear it too. Pantone—the world’s foremost authority in colour ...
Bright Ideas: How to Add Colour to Your Winter Wardrobe
Praise spring-summer all you will, but winter is my favourite time. The sun takes a chill, year-end parties beckon, and fashion seems straight out of a 1950s black-and-white flick. The last bit is also a sore point. Neutrals are classics, but winter’s sea of blacks, browns, and greys seem to drown every other shade in ...
Holiday Readathon: 6 Over-the-weekend Reads
Remember that old saying that books (and dogs) are your best friends? We feel like disloyal friends when we can’t devote enough time to reading. Our to-read list grows a little longer everyday, but thick books (like difficult buddies) require more time and attention. Keeping the big guys aside, we made a new reading list ...
Lounge Party: The Nuteez Story
Bold florals, cheeky one-liners, pop-inspired bicycles—Nuteez, an emerging versatile loungewear brand is all about letting your hair down. Founder, and CEO, Vijayashree Parameswaran lets us in on her bright ideas. Nuteez in five words Fun, colour, quirky, comfort, and cosy Lounging about All we’ve in the name of sleepwear in this country are generic colour and patterns, ...
Bollywood’s Darling Designer: 25 Years of Manish Malhotra
Behind that finely chiseled jawbone is a man with steely flair for passion. His striking looks defy age and experience, but when Manish Malhotra takes the stage, you can only expect fireworks. The iconic stylist and designer celebrates 25 years in the industry this year, having given us Bollywod’s most iconic looks and more reasons ...
Perfect Essence: The Perfume Library
Our noses twitched curiously as we chanced upon The Perfume Library via its enticing website. We’ve always been fans of fragrances—nothing’s quite as luxurious as the hint of scent behind your ears—but this promised something more. Founded by Jahnvi Dameron Nandan, this “theatre of olfactive memories” endeavours to consolidate fragrances with collective memory and align ...
Art Meets Fashion: 2 Design Labels That Celebrate Wearable Art
Text: Sohini Dey | Design: Swikriti Banerjee We aren’t artists—you might hear many designers say. Yet fashion often shows a strong affinity for the arts. Inspired by painters (check Shivan & Narresh’s Diego Rivera-inspired collection) or reminiscent of varied schools of art in technique, aka Sanchita Ajjampur, art surfaces again and again in design. We came across two fresh ...
True Colours: All the Right Hues for a Man’s Closet
It’s time to give that trusty old white shirt a break. Sceptics may scoff, but your wardrobes will look at great deal better with some colours on your shelves. To help you set up, we sought advice from designers Pratham and Gyanesh Sarvaiya, whose AW15 collection boasted a generous splash of bright hues. The Mumbai-based ...