Tarun Tahiliani founded his design studio in 1990 and a master in his work. His distinctive signature has since evolved as a fusion of textile detail, refined luxury, and meticulous tailoring. Tarun Tahiliani creates versatile couture, diffusion and prêt-a-porter that are Indian in their sensibility with international appeal. Tarun’s designs stand as contemporary high fashion…
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Sabyasachi
Sabyasachi’s design philosophy is simple – personalised imperfection of the human hand. Deserts, gypsies, antique textiles and cultural traditions of his hometown, Kolkata, have been a lifelong inspiration for this designer who believes that “clothes should just be an extension of one’s intellect”. He uses unusual fabric materials, texturing and detailing, a fusion’ of styles patch-worked…
Pakistani Fashion Week 7: Competition
London’s Pakistan Fashion Week (#PFW7) is upon us in London this weekend (10th and 11th January 2015) at London’s Hotel Russell. I am so excited. With over 20 designers showcasing their collections on the fashion catwalk and various exhibitors will be present both days, this is an event that just can’t be missed. This is…
Azalea By Aditi Gupta
Aditi Gupta’s brand established in 2009 and now retails in New Delhi and in renoun multi-designer stores of India such as Origins in Hyderabad and Mokshaa in Chennai. Aditi Gupta creates couture attire and accessories by transforming traditional Indian drapes, textiles and techniques into their fashion-forward outfits, embroideries and handcrafted products, which maintains the personality of a elegant and contemporary…
Faisana
Faisana is a unique and high fashion retail concept, which established in 2014 with a vision to connect consumers in the UK to the luxury household designer names in the South Asian fashion landscape. Faisana is driven by the fashion masterminds Aisha Tabani Chowdhry, Aamna Lakhany and Radhika Hasan. They curate in some of the leading design…
Meeting Ashish N Soni
On behalf of Think Shaadi, I had the pleasure to meet the incredible Ashish N Soni at his AW14 menswear preview of The Regallia collection at the beautiful Grosvernor House. The collection consisted of nehru jackets, sherwanis and bandgalas in a range of fabrics; my 3 top favourites had to be the unique lace jackets, velvet nehru…
Chic Accessory Buys: Part 2
Here are the Chic Asian Accessory Buys: Part 2 Here are my top finds for jewellery off London’s high street which you will be able to accessorise with your Asian attire at a bargain price, without losing out on quality. These earrings tear drop earrings (River Island) would pair up perfectly with any outfit with gold embroidery…
Your Dream Shaadi Photoshoot
The Regional Shades of the Asian Bride is a concept photoshoot creatively directed Your Dream Shaadi, UK’s Elite Online Asian Bridal magazine, which captures the authentic traditional Asian bridal fashion, jewellery and styling of various regions and religions of India. This shoot celebrates the unique beauty and style of each traditional regional bridal look with contemporary overtones. The shoot features…
Chic Accessory Buys: Part 1
Here are my top picks this week of Gorgeous Chic Accessory Buys… affordable & stylish purchases which shouldn’t hurt your bank balance too much. These Abalone Stud Earrings are just quite unique as the green and blue abalone are beaded with 18k gold plating…. a great way to jazz up any outfit. The Mirrored Cluster Earrings are…
NG Sarees
I first fell in love with NG Sarees at British Asian Fashion Week; the brand’s bespoke sarees speak out simplicity and boldness. The mastermind & talented designer behind NG Sarees is none other than Neela Gnanendran. She informed me about her new collection showcase, which I just could not miss! I attended her showcase with high…
My 1st South Asian Wedding Experience!
In February 2014; the month of pyaar, my dear old school friend invited me to her South Asian Hindu wedding. I was very flattered for the invite and indeed very excited to see my old school friend getting married after being with her partner for 4 years! It was a small wedding, in the small…
Quirky Quirkbox
Quirkbox is recently the talk of b-town, and certainly has been on my eye for a while since I stumbled across their sari on the catwalk at LFW 2014. This saree below is definitely on my wish list. Quirkbox was created by designer duo Rixi Bhatia and Jayesh Sachdev and indeed lives up to its’…
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