Reading Time: 4 minutes Beautiful skin requires commitment, not a miracle. Are you a hoarder of skincare products? Well, if you have your shelves brimming with skincare products (with most of them unused), you probably are. From choosing the right skincare essentials that suit your skin to adopting a healthy diet and sleep routine, a good skincare regime is …
Reading Time: 3 minutes With a philosophy of effortless comfort over conforming to trends, Puja Sanghavi, a Jewellery designer and PR professional, channels a relaxed vibe with her chic styling. Having worked as a designer and trader with Accur8 Diamonds, Puja learnt the nuances of luxury business. It aided in her curating different Fashion and Lifestyle Pop-ups through her brand ‘ …
Reading Time: 5 minutes There’s no better style guide than our favourite tv shows and web series that we love to binge watch and rewatch. While we all love taking style cues from Gossip Girl, Sex and The City and Pretty Little Liars, the outfits featured in these shows are often unattainable and for some of us, unwearable. Not …
Reading Time: 3 minutes A proponent of understated elegance, a designer with penchant for intricate heritage textiles and a curator with a discerning taste, Ishita Parikh founded Bougainvillea -The Creative Verandah to create a venue for enabling conversations among artists, artisans, makers and the public; a veranda for creative stories. Backed with an experience of 12 years plus in …
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Banaras is older than history, older than tradition, older than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together” quoted Mark Twain while speaking of the oldest pilgrimage city of India. Known for its heritage Banarasi brocades, Banaras even today has a deep rooted connection to the Mughal era with the ancient …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar have brought US and UK TV series to Indian dinner table discussions. The TV series and movie buffs eagerly await the upcoming seasons of popular and critically acclaimed series. Discussions ensue around the season’s plot, characters, plausible story development and its glorious frames, costumes, make-up and hairstyles. Especially if the …
Reading Time: 5 minutes From change in seasons to festivities and parties, there are plenty of excuses to revamp one’s closet and while we say so, it is hard to miss out on how our fashion choices are constantly driven by films and fashion weeks. 2019, as a year in fashion gave us the best of 3 worlds – …
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Our ancestors used to carefully wrap these in wooden boxes so as to ensure that they would remain safe while transporting them from China. The traditional Gara couldn’t be washed either; the colours used were raw and washing them would lead to a loss of the original colour. The garas these days can be washed …
Reading Time: 6 minutes What happens when business and design meets ? At times, design overrides business causing a brilliant identity but not much moolahs and at other times, business overthrows design catering to mass-fuelled needs thus losing on creative soul. It’s a rarity when both are in complete balance with each other, serving as the yin and yang. …
Reading Time: 10 minutes Wearing fashion is one thing, and living in one, is altogether another! The quintessence of fashion is truly experienced when you’re living and breathing it. Home is indeed an extension of one’s taste and personality that reflects their true lifestyle. Fashion today is no longer just confined to wardrobes; it has sprawled its way through the aesthetics of designer homes. Yes, sure there were interior designers always who did the homes, but it’s …