Tribute | India’s most famous couturier Rohit Bal lived by his heart and died by it

Tribute | India’s most famous couturier Rohit Bal lived by his heart and died by it

The assignment you have been dreading for a year is here. Couturier Rohit Bal’s obituary. He died on Diwali, November 1, 2024, at 63. His mortal remains — buried under flowers at Delhi’s Lodhi Crematorium with the face laid bare for last respects before the pyre was lit — looked irrevocably frozen in time. Love […]

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India | Homemakers and techies in India are taking up psychology

India | Homemakers and techies in India are taking up psychology

Shefalee Vasudev, 55, thinks people have different temperaments: that of a guitar player, footballer, or perhaps a carpenter. She herself has the temperament to listen and engage with the complexities of the human mind. A veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of digital magazine The Voice of Fashion, Vasudev’s shelves in her New Delhi home are full […]

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Tribute What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

Tribute What does Japanese designer Issey Miyake’s inspiration mean today for Indian fashion?

Miyake’s passing is a black and white reminder of what cloth and cultural identity mean on the global stage Miyake’s passing is a black and white reminder of what cloth and cultural identity mean on the global stage What do we lose when a designer like Issey Miyake — with global impact on how the […]

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