As the Winter-Festive 2011 edition of Lakme Fashion Week kicks off in Mumbai today with an off-site show by Rohit Bal, Talk takes you down the milestones of the fashion property in the last 12 years. If the 2005 Delhi-Mumbai split between Fashion Des ..

Though the mural show  at Kankaria will be possible only after a year, work on the ambitious project has begun. The murals which are being designed by the National Institute of Design (NID) alumni will reflect the culture, history and the busine ..

To ensure betel leaves stay fresh for a longer time during summers is a challenge for pan shop owners.Giving a design solution to this problem, a student of National Institute of Design (NID) has designed a clay container that increases the life span ..

A bachelor party, also known as a stag party, is a time when the groom-to-be parties hard before the D-Day.According to designer Pawan Sachdeva, it is very important to dress up perfectly for a stag party. "Over the years, the stag party had blo ..

Jewellery lovers can look forward to some truly artistic collection at the Shrihari Diagems from the house of Shri Ram Hari Ram Jewellers. Currently available at their exclusive design store, the collection was also showcased at the bridal exhibition ..

Arjun Khanna has been named as the opening designer of the Van Heusen India Mens Week 2011.The three day men's fashion fete is being held from September 2-4, 2011, and will further cement India's position as the 4th fashion destination for me ..

Ranveer Singh and Kalki Koechlin were quite the flavour on the ramp.Blenders Pride Fashion Tour, in its 7th edition, hosted its first show for the season in Mumbai recently. High on glitz and glamour, with a classy style quotient, the six-city fashio ..

Tarun Tahiliani had a team flown in from Italy to teach his workers the nuances of cut and finish for his latest bridal expo. “When I was designing the bridal dress for Priya Paul, I had to stitch the garments myself. The Mumbai riots were goin ..

  A bevy of Bollywood beauties, including Shriya Saran, Celina Jaitly, Urvashi Sharma, Giselle Monteiro and Tanishaa Mukherjee, dazzled the stage as they walked the ramp for Swarovski Gems as they unveiled their special Gem Visions India 2012 pr ..

A trunkful of clothes by INIFD graduates from the city and a truckload of their aspirations are on their way to the forthcoming Lakme Fashion Week in MumbaiA smile is conspicuous on the face of Deepak Kumar, as he strolls around in the campus of the  ..

A group of students from NID have bagged several awards at the annual Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) global Forum 2011- Vancouver, Canada. The students won the first place for industrial design and they rec ..

She started working on eco fashion two decades back when it wasn’t exactly termed chic. But fashion designer Christina Kim with her bohemian aesthetic sense, handcrafted organic fabrics and simple comfortable shapes, made sustainable fashion a  ..

U.S. Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis on Wednesday visited Sualkuchi, the largest silk village of the country, about 35 km from here, to experience firsthand the rich weaving tradition of Assam.Ms. Lewis went  ..

The much talked about Kochi International Fashion Week has come to an end with a lot of aplomb.As Kochiites drooled over each of the latest trends the designers displayed, guess who sizzled with her simple and striking designs in bright hues?It was n ..

It's a fashion legacy that will be of historic value years from now - from Suneet Varma's gold bustier of the 80s to a Rohit Bal mal-mal kurta of the 90s. Just like what a Nehru jacket signifies today or the elegance of Indira Gandhi's si ..

Actress Sonam Kapoor Thursday closed the second season of the four day jewellery extravaganza - the India International Fashion Week (IIJW), walking the ramp showcasing an exclusive piece of international brand, Boucheron of Paris.The IIJW paid tribu ..

Diamonds are a girl's best friend! Amidst many interesting themes, Gehna graced the event by showcasing their latest Silhouette Collection, wherein a model dressed in a beautiful pink gown as Marilyn Monroe gracefully set off the exclusive new co ..

Two documentaries by NID students have been shortlisted for screening at the Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival, to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.Post graduate students of films and media communication, Anoop Sathyan&r ..

Malini Agarwalla, Sonali Dalwani and Suhani Pittie have been regulars at the Accessory Show at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW), but this time they have given it a miss because of prior personal commitments. The Winter-Festive season of LFW is scheduled  ..

It was pouring continuously inside and out! Confused? Well, it was raining fashionable clothes on the ramp even as monsoon showers enveloped the city.Local models walked the ramp showcasing various garment collections which was part of a national gar ..