People throng Ranganathan Street, T.Nagar. ahead of Deepavali on Sunday | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M At 11 am on Saturday, the excitement in the air is palpable in T Nagar. Outside the many big shops on Usman road ready to welcome a throng of people, snack shops and smaller jewellery sellers busily set up their […]
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Designer Ashita Singhal poses with her weavers at the Lakmé Fashion Week X FDCI 2024 at Jio World Convention centre in Mumbai Ashita Singhal’s clothes look avant garde, but did you know they are made of waste? “At Paiwand Studio, we believe beggars can’t be choosers, so we use everything we get,” laughs Ashita, founder […]
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Tailors working on festive clothes | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan As the pre-deepavali rains bring a welcome change from the blistering heat, T Nagar’s Ranganathan Street is crammed with holiday shoppers on every corner. From the new swanky multi-storey shopping complexes, to garment businesses that have existed for generations, everyone gets a piece of the […]
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Till a few years ago, it was impossible to string a sentence with the words Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), shopping and art. All that there was were tall, swanky office buildings. But now, the space has reinvented itself. We wander past the Jio World Drive in BKC, where we see large scale art installations spread across […]
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Jean-Cristophe Babin | Photo Credit: Gabriel de la Chapelle Jean-Cristophe Babin, CEO of Bulgari, is a busy man. He has travelled quite a distance with the brand this year, with launches at the LVMH Watch Week Singapore in January and Watches and Wonders in March. He is set to announce more novelties at the Geneva […]
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Tanya Biswas (left) with sister Sujata | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When sisters Sujata and Tanya Biswas decided to kickstart an apparel brand, they launched with a collection of simple mulmul sarees that featured vibrant tassels. “They were basic, no-fuss weaves with no embellishments that weren’t available in the market then. The fabric was unstarched, […]
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Katrina Kaif, ambassador and investor with Behno For every tie, knot and technique used in its bags, Behno has a story. The international handbag label headquartered in New York — with manufacturing units across India — had its homecoming recently, as Shivam Punjya, its founder, launched retail operations in India. Lodged within Behno’s signature knots are […]
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A fashion show put together at AYCS | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When he successfully executed the first edition of All You Can Street (AYCS) at the age of 19 in 2021, Abhishek Gandhi wanted to make homegrown brands the new wave of trends. A year later, his brainchild — what he calls a cultural […]
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An outfit by Aroka | Photo Credit: Angus Guite A couple of years ago, a real-estate business family (we will call them the Sharmas) chanced upon a barren land in Gurgaon, precisely 32 kilometres away from central Delhi. After investing in commercial, luxury residential, microbreweries, hospitality, and co-working spaces for decades, the idea of an […]
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A bag by Subr | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Known for spotlighting homegrown brands across art, fashion, and craft categories, among others, By Hand from the Heart returns to the city this weekend with new product categories and experiences. The popular makers’ market curated by Deepa Sekar and Kshiti Davey will feature a design-centric AR […]
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