From Runway to Wardrobe: The Ethnic Whiff
From poetry to swirling fabric, or anklets to metallic embroidery, the art and craft side of India has always been one that has inspired and enthralled me, exponentially more over […]
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From Runway to Wardrobe: Wearable Indian Menswear
How many times has something that has raced across the runway actually bolted right into your wardrobe? The unanimous answer is barely ever. Yet finally, I saw designs in a […]
A Horse Powered Costume Drama
Thud – The pounding gallop of stallions. Ping – The clinking of champagne glasses. Crash – The explosion following a victory. Soundless – The splintering of a daydream. There exists […]
Ordinary Women and Attractive Men: Calling for Brawn before Brain?
Funny how brawn and brain have only one comparative letter out of place. W. And I. Intolerant or Impeccable? Weaker or Wonderful? Which one is misspelled (or misplaced) is the […]
Why a Seasoned Fashion Week Attendee May Get Bored
Fashion week. Glitz. Glam. Stress. Networking. Handshakes. Hugs. Kisses. Afterparties. Alcohol. Sex. Accolades. Confrontations. It’s all there. Year after year, the propensity to enjoy the catwalk both rises and soars […]
Catching Destiny: What Lies in Store for Fashion
Fabric can last forever. But would you want it to? Having already prophecized food trends, it does indeed in retrospect seem logical that food would have a trend; eat something for a […]
Fashion Mantra: Draped in Chocolate
Ecstasy reigns supreme when my passions of food and fashion fuse with such ferocity that even the crackling lightning sounds like mere static. Yes, this is the epitome of my […]
Out-of-Hand Observations 1: Fashion Friendly or Faux Pas?
The world feeds your eyes. Daily. Every eighty six thousand four hundred seconds of a day. Shut eye or glaring vision included. There are so many things to see. I […]
Denim is Dead. Long Live Denim.
We live in times when distress is actually in fashion. I was surprised when I realized this. To think everyone preaches the exact opposite. My addiction to denim has made […]
The Cyclicality of Denim Jeans: Part 2
On trying to better grasp the evolution and cyclical trends of the ‘fit’ of jeans, clearly identified in the more analytical Part 1 of this obsessive saga, I have chosen […]
