Mahatma Gandhi’s Style Evolution: Constructed To Draped

As we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti today, I just thought of posting Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s style evolution from dapper well-constructed three-piece suits to draped ‘half-dhotis’ and a khadi wrap. The Mahatma’s style evolution symptomised the evolution of an Attorney to a Mahatma! These rare photographs of Mahatma Gandhi takes you through the evolution I highlight above. […]

A Fashion Show On Yash Chopra’s Birth Anniversary

For the uninitiated, in July this year Yash Raj Films (YRF) and the Delhi based Karol Bagh Saree House (KBSH) inked a deal to launch India’s first Bollywood inspired fashion label – Diva’ni -‘Where fashion romances Bollywood’. The label reflects the way Yash Chopra envisioned his heroines and brought out the DIVA  in every woman he worked […]

Is VOGUE Opting For Topless Covers To Sell More Copies?

The fashion glossy – Vogue has two of its editions – The Dutch and the French graced with topless models on the cover for the October 2013 issue.  Vogue Netherlands got on the act with a photo spread featuring model Ymre Stiekema, 21, dressed in 17th century garments and posing in ways meant to evoke portraits by the Dutch painter […]

World Laps-Up Twisted Image of Indian Women Courtesy A NRI’s Documentary

Lately World Press is lapping up the story of an NRI film-maker, Nisha Pahuja’s documentary – The World Before Her. The film shows contradictory realities confronting girls in India and is so myopic that it made The Guardian go with this headline: Women learning to kill or wear a bikini in India. You can see […]

New Sugar Daddy’s Sugar Crying Foul

I recently posted about a new Desi Sugar-Daddy – Raja Dhody and his wannabe playmate Rupika Chopra. Evidently the Punjabi Kudi – Rupika Chopra has gone aggro and denying any truth about my post. But then at fashionscandal only hard truths are published and all stories are posted only after thoroughly verifying facts. Miss Chopra may […]