India is more than a moment
India has long been referenced by too many European fashion houses and luxury brands
By Namrata Zakaria July 13, 2025
- Philip Mathew
- R. Prasannan
- Dr Mazda Turel
- K.C. Verma
- Baijayant 'Jay' Panda
- Dr Preetha Reddy
- Anita Pratap
- Anuja Chauhan
- Navtej Sarna
- Bansuri Swaraj
- Shashi Tharoor
- Suresh Narayanan
- Shobhaa De
- Namrata Zakaria
- Mani Shankar Aiyar
- Barkha Dutt
- Amitabh Kant
- Meenakshi Lekhi
- Lakshmy Ramanathan
- Swara Bhasker
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Bibek Debroy
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Sanjaya Baru
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
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A golden run to a silver mile
Fashion concerns us all. We all wear clothes. And our clothes tell our stories
By Namrata Zakaria July 06, 2025
Chanel and patriarchal India
Women have no agency in patriarchal India. Even the one who is hand-picked to run a global luxury behemoth was not allowed to pick her own husband
By Namrata Zakaria June 29, 2025
Vijay Mallya: The King of Coolth
Was Vijay Mallya a victim of his flashiness? Yes. It turned him into a poster-boy of bad loans
By Namrata Zakaria June 22, 2025
The transformation of Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt had found her groove, and it was being a tiny little dynamite
By Namrata Zakaria June 15, 2025
Not a flash in the pan
What is this new wave of showing off your inners? Is it to shockand awe?
By Namrata Zakaria May 25, 2025
The Met Gala wanted to celebrate black identity; but the desis made it their own
Diljit Dosanjh was the biggest surprise at the Met Gala this year
By Namrata Zakaria May 18, 2025
Stanley over Stella
Blame it on the heatwave or then just a clever marketing gimmick, but celebrities these days are carrying an unusual bottle out and about every day
By Namrata Zakaria April 27, 2025
Ring through the wringer: The changing status of the diamond
Over the years, a diamond transformed from being a symbol of romantic love to that of empowerment, thanks to the power of advertising
By Namrata Zakaria April 20, 2025
Karan Johar is the child we should have nurtured, now he is nurturing our kids
Johar wore a sharp, black, fitted suit, with a sheer shirt, and diaphanous strips billowing in the wind. He wore his now-signature high heels, rings, earrings, ear cuffs and black nail paint. Johar is responsible for so many young boys choosing to dress the way they want to
By Namrata Zakaria April 13, 2025
Russian fashion is now a mirror to Russia's new soul
All eyes are on Russia for geopolitical reasons. But Moscow Fashion Week shows that Russian fashion is at an interesting juncture, with rich oligarch-friendly opulence giving way to a young and rebellious street-style
By Namrata Zakaria April 06, 2025
The sari woven by Shiva and Parvati
Looking at Karnataka’s textiles, and the weaves and stories they hold
By Namrata Zakaria March 23, 2025
When India Fashion Week turns 25
Remember when Diandra Soares and Binal Trivedi kissed each other on the runway, and Manish Malhotra rolled out movie-star showstoppers from Shah Rukh Khan to Urmila Matondkar to Kareena Kapoor?
By Namrata Zakaria March 16, 2025
Kala cotton is pure magic
Kala cotton is indigenous to Kutch, in Gujarat
By Namrata Zakaria March 09, 2025
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Dark characters but fashion serves
What ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 gets right is their pick of India’s best resort wear label, Verandah
By Namrata Zakaria March 02, 2025