Anand Kabra on Taramati II and reimagining Hyderabadi fashion for today
To be showcased at Collage tomorrow, the collection will feature traditional Hyderabadi silhouettes such as the khada dupatta, farshi pajama, peshwa, and gharara, alongside Dakhani embroidery
Why doesnt Sabyasachis New York comeback look Indian enough?
Twenty years after his overlooked New York Fashion Week debut, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee returned to the city with denim, a Met collaboration and a wardrobe that stopped explaining itself
Craftpreneur 2026 brings 20 Indian craft brands to Chennai after a six-year break
The Crafts Council of Indias Craftpreneur 2026 returns with 20 brands showcasing contemporary clothing, textiles, home dcor and accessories rooted in traditional crafts and artisan communities across India
Sabyasachi saw a sarcophagus and made a cuff
Finding inspiration in Byzantine objects for his debut collaboration with The Met, Sabyasachi turns a sarcophagus into a cuff
How Indian designers are experimenting with the art of padding
From Dior and Rei Kawakubo to Anamika Khanna and Tarun Tahiliani, designers have used padding in different ways to reshape the body
Jim Thompson, the Thai luxury textile brand, launches in Chennai
The iconic Thai silk brand, founded by the American entrepreneur who revived Thailands silk industry before his mysterious disappearance, enters South India with luxury home furnishings at Decorgeous Lifestyle
Whose India does the 2027 Pirelli calendar chronicle?
For the first-of-its-kind photographic collaboration for The Cal, Avani Rai, Slve Sandsb, and Raghu Rai seek out India and its women
Who wove your handloom sari? In Telanganas Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, the answer is a QR scan away
The scent of home: how Indian diaspora fragrance brands are bottling memory
From Rahasya in Singapore to Sept in Paris, Indian-origin fragrance brands are turning memories of mango summers and rickshaw rides into contemporary perfumes without the usual tropes
The sector is battling delayed wages, mounting financial losses, dwindling workers, shrinking cooperative societies, and the relentless march of power looms. Kerala, which once had nearly 25,000-30,000 handloom workers, now has only about 18,000, while the number of cooperative societies has fallen from around 600 to around 450
How memories and motifs inspire Onam 2026 collections
The Onam 2026 edit is all about nostalgia and Kerala-inspired imagery
