India fashion week at 25: what is holding back its grand ambitions?

India fashion week at 25: what is holding back its grand ambitions?

Last week marked 25 years of fashion weeks in India, and that would include Mumbai’s Bollywood powered Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) and Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) supported Delhi Fashion Week. Just for comparison: Paris is in its 52nd year, Milan in its 66th, and New York, in its current format, is in the […]

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

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

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, […]

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NMACC showcase: From beetle wings to chintz, India’s gift to global fashion

NMACC showcase: From beetle wings to chintz, India’s gift to global fashion

A little over 150 years ago, over 30,000 hand cut and mounted samples of Indian textiles were painstakingly organised into an album series to educate and inspire commercial and design industries in India and Britain. Its creator, John Forbes Watson, called them ‘trade museums’. Watson would have been pleased to walk around the ‘India in […]

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