'There's a real problem of tolerance of opinion in India'

Our mid-week blues just got alleviated, courtesy the dynamic and formidable fashion force of the industry - Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor who have been spiking up style storm in Dubai! As the brand ambassador for the luxury Swiss watch brand, IWC Schaffhausen ...

After empowering almost 3 lakh women, the initiative has now expanded into a fashion label. Usha Silai Schools not only train women to stitch, tailor and repair machines, but also provide them a sewing machine, a syllabus and a Silai School signage encouraging them to teach other women the art of stitching and sewing.Photograph: @LakmeFashionWk/Twitter.   There was a time Sunita used to earn 20 from stitching blouses, but now she easily makes 20,000 as now she contributes to fashion ...

In an effort to promote sustainable fashion in India, the Woolmark Company and couturier Manish Malhotra unveiled a capsule collection using natural fibre Merino Wool titled 'Inaya' at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/Resort 2018.The 'Inaya' collection is ...

Each day is a page in the fashion story of the B-townies. Ticking off seasonal vibes one after another and giving us those endless style inspirations, these oh-so-fashionable tinsel townies and shenanigans conspired with their fashion stylists is our weekly ...

Fashion's newest sweetheart, Parul Shah's inspiring words for aspiring models. A former Miss Philippines 2014, Parul Shah came to India to meet Femina Miss India Grand 2015 Vartika Singh, and ended up falling in love with the city. Once here, she participated in the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2018 model auditions and ended up getting selected too! Standing tall at 5'7", Parul, who started modelling at the age of 15, has never looked back ever since. Here she talks to Anita ...

Australian Masterchef runner-up Sarah Todd can't get over India. Rediff.com's Anita Aikara finds out why! Masterchef hottie Sarah Todd returns to the runway All photographs: Kind courtesy Sarah Todd/Instagram Australian Masterchef 2014 contestant Sarah Todd was in India recently to attend Lakme Fashion Week (LFW), which took place in Mumbai.  She walked the ramp for designer Karishma Shahani Khan, who revealed her latest collection on Day Three of LFW. However this was not Sarah's ...

Bobo, who is turning his paintings into 'arty fashion', wants his work to speak for the liberation of love. 'Queer all the way,' he tells Rediff.com's Anita Aikara. GenNext at LFW: Bollywood won't be able to resist these designers Ayushman Mitra turned his art into fashion with the label Bobo.Photograph: @bobocalcutta/Instagram.   Quiz Ayushman Mitra aka Bobo about what makes his collection so different from the other GenNext designers and pat comes the reply, 'I haven't been to a ...

Fashionistas are crushing on ivory, which seems to be new colour of the season. Who wore it best -- Kangana or Disha, in stunning ivory gowns? Or Shilpa, Sushmita or Kalki, who gave it an Indian touch? Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com   You can go right with ivory, or you can go horribly wrong. At the Lakme India Fashion Week Summer Resort 2018, which concluded in Mumbai last week, these gorgeous women showed you just how to rock this beautiful colour.     Sushmita Sen ...

'What we do goes beyond fashion. With us, you are not buying a product, but a philosophy.' Avantika Bhuyan reports on the flag bearers of the fashion philosophy India desperately needs. Writer Arundhati Roy in an outfit by Eka, a slow fashion brand by Rina Singh.The Booker Prize winner was one of Eka's earliest customers.Photograph: @ekaco/Instagram.   As I speak with Shani Himanshu, founder of the fashion label 11.11/eleven eleven, he is heading to Mumbai international airport. For his ...