Louis Vuitton was the first international luxury brand to open shop in India. They were the first to give us a taste luxury retail. It was indeed a luxurious experience. I recall the launch bash of LV at Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was classy with superstar Deepika Padukone and Mumbai A-listers in attendance. Recently […]
Gucci under Frida Giannini, the label’s former creative director would have never collaborated with a graffiti artist who is infamously known as ‘GucciGhost’ because this Brooklyn-based artist indulges in graffiti art and is obsessed with Gucci, particularly its GG-logo. GucciGhost aka Trevor Andrew has tampered with and tweaked the Gucci logo in graffiti, wall art and on […]
Fashion reflects the mood of the society and many were keen to see how luxury fashion, an industry with profit-making at its heart, can seek to comment on a world in crisis. In Milan Menswear Autumn 2016 Fashion Week, Miuccia Prada’s washed up sailors reminded us images of refugees landing in dingy boats on the shores of Greece and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi loves luxurious things. He keeps a Montblanc pen, he wears a Movado watch, his glasses are from Gucci and now we have seen his luxurious Louis Vuitton stole stylishly draped across his shoulder when he landed in Paris. I thought he must be making a point with the LV stole in […]
Karl Lagerfeld, the czar of fashion and Silvia Fendi hosted an uber chic bash to celebrate the launch of the flagship store of Fendi in New York. The occasion also celebrated the 3Baguette Project. The maison collaborated with 5 iconic New York women, Rihanna, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jourdan Dunn, Rachel Feinstein and Leandra Medine to design their […]
The phenomenon of counterfeiting is as old as couture itself. In the early 1900s, fashion forgers often sketched designs they saw in Paris shows and sold reproductions in France and overseas. By 1914, more than two million fake couture labels had been sewn into garments, several of which are currently on view in New York […]
I fear that day is not far away when like the quintessential Indian Bandhgala, the Sikh Turban would be taken over by the western fashion world. Well the Sikh Turban has already inspired Karl Lagerfeld in 2010 to send down male models on the Chanel show donning turbans. Lagerfeld however called it ‘Murban’ (Male Turban). […]
The 2nd Delhi Couture Week kicks of tomorrow at the Taj Palace Hotel. The faux fashionistas of the city are all talking about couture so I need not bore you with the same stuff. Have you heard of Couture Condoms, Couture Drugs, Couture Donuts or Couture Coke (the drinking one, not the snorting one)??? Well […]
Four years after choosing Puducherry, erstwhile Pondicherry for its first manufacturing plant in Asia, French luxury goods giant Louis Vuitton has decided to sell its Indian unit to a Chennai-based firm – Leather Crafts India. The management made a formal announcement about exiting India on June 13. And guess what’s the reason behind LV saying bye-bye […]
Seems like Cannes Film Festival is more about Fashion & Luxury than Films. Louis Vuitton and Roberto Cavalli are among the international luxury brands to have recently opened dedicated stores during the upcoming CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2011. Chanel is the latest brand to announce the set up of a pop up store in Cannes, during the festival, […]