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Gaurav Gupta’s Dubai-inspired capsule collection represents the dunes, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of the megacity

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Dubai-inspired collection features five grand pieces, each inspired by the region’s diverse aspects The dunes, mountains, architecture, water bodies, and razzmatazz of Dubai have found representation in a new form. These have been interpreted by couturier Gaurav Gupta in his quintessential style in a capsule collection that is a collaboration between him and Dubai […]

How Payal Singhal reinvented Indian crafts with contemporary cuts for 25 years

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Designs by Payal Singhal | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Design has been an intrinsic part of Payal Singhal’s life, for as long as she can remember. Today, the Mumbai born-and-bred fashion designer is known for giving a contemporary spin to traditional Indian crafts with her eponymous label. Think leather strips used like gota patti, kurtas […]

Gaurav Jai Gupta of Akaaro brings Beams of Metal to Chennai

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Gaurav Jai Gupta’s work is inspired by the future. “I am not excited about the past. I am interested in what the future is going to be: perhaps a lot to do with experimentation, innovation, relevance. I associate the future with shine, glaze, and steel. It’s very space age,” he says. And this reflects in […]

Vasundhara Vee discusses her recent collaboration with Sabyasachi Mukherjee

February 12, 2025February 13, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

At Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s landmark fashion show celebrating his silver jubilee, the grand finale was set to the stirring anthem ‘Amro Korbo Joy… Nischehoy’ (‘We Shall Overcome’). The powerful rendition came from Vasundhara Vee, India’s well known jazz, soul, and R&B singer. Speaking to The Hindu over a video call a week after the event, Vasundhara says this collaboration […]

From athleisure to business shoes: Leather Fashion Show highlights 2025 trends

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Indian Finished Leather Manufacturers and Exporters Association (IFLMEA) hosted the 38th Leather Fashion Show at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran In this year’s Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a focus product scheme for the footwear and leather sectors. The Hindu reported that this will generate a turnover of […]

Chanel celebrates its time-honoured codes in its Spring Summer 25 Haute Couture Showcase

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Snapshots from Chanel’s Spring Summer 25 Haute Couture Showcase | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chanel marked its 110th year with a return to the historic Grand Palais for its Spring Summer 25 Haute Couture showcase, after four years. The design house, founded in 1915, has redefined and refined the art of haute couture, embodying core […]

Rahul Mishra’s The Pale Blue Dot explores the intersection of fashion and environmental crisis

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

When Rahul Mishra steps into the hallowed halls of Paris Haute Couture Week on January 27, he brings with him more than just another collection. He brings a deeply personal narrative, a global call to action, and the poetic sensibilities of an artist mourning loss while grappling with humanity’s place in the universe. Rahul’s latest work, […]

La Maison Syr by Chennai-based Rashi Jain has luxury cufflinks in classic patterns and offbeat designs

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Rashi Jain | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R It was a pair of cufflinks in the form of a martini glass and a cocktail shaker — a generational piece passed down from her husband’s family — that inspired Rashi Jain to create her own line of cufflinks. The shape and uniqueness of the design intrigued her. […]

Composer Anirudh’s brand Piece of Rock brings his Hukum Tour T-shirts to India for Deepavali

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The founders of Piece of Rock. (From left to right) Pallavi Singh, Anirudh Ravichander, Dwarakesh Vikram, and Selvi Thangarajah Anirudh Ravichander In Kulitalai, a nondescript municipality in Tamil Nadu, a young man feels like a rockstar as he walks around in an oversized T-shirt that reads: I am a limited edition. And that is the […]

This Deepavali, Barbie dons Anita Dongre

October 4, 2024October 7, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Barbie Signature Diwali doll | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT There is a new Barbie in town and she is all set for Deepavali. A collaboration between Mattel (a multinational toy and entertainment company) and Indian designer Anita Dongre, this is the first-ever Barbie Signature Diwali doll. The doll is garbed in a Moonlight-Bloom lehenga – […]

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