Shilpa Hazra

Navratri begins with a little more energy than your usual festive morning. The dandiya playlists are ready, the jewellery is waiting to be layered, and the first outfit of nine…

There is something beautifully dramatic about Karwa Chauth: a whole day of fasting, followed by a dressed-up wait for one very important moonrise. In Delhi, the festival is usually about a…

Durga Puja goes beyond just four days on the calendar. It is the rhythm of dhaak from the next lane, the smell of dhunuchi, endless rounds of adda, the delicious bhog khichdi,…

Some comebacks whisper. This one roared in denim and gold.  Sabyasachi Mukherjee last stood on a New York runway two decades ago, a debut that came and went before the world…

Karwa Chauth in Britain has its own choreography. Sargi happens in the dark, in a cold kitchen, at an unreasonable hour. Then comes the long day of tea you cannot…

Every September, the Ambani driveway turns into the most iconic red carpet in Indian fashion, except of course nobody calls it that. Because everyone arrives with folded hands and kohl-smudged devotion…

There is a particular kind of October evening that only British Navratri knows. You leave the house in a puffer coat over your outfit, park three streets away from the…

Your engagement is one of those rare celebrations where romance gets to take centre stage. For Saudi women, that can mean a look that feels polished and feminine while still…

For a generation that has made quiet luxury, personal style and breaking tradition part of the fashion conversation, Gen Z is surprisingly drawn to one very traditional symbol: the big…

Brides used to hide their shoes. Now they’re the punchline of the whole look.  Every wedding has that one moment. The lehenga lifts, someone gasps, and it’s not because of…