Navratri looks different in New York than it does back home. The crowds are more diverse, and the energy carries a certain electricity that comes from celebrating something deeply personal in a city that never really slows down. But one thing stays the same: what you wear matters. Garba is movement. You’ll spin and dance for […]
There is a sound that marks the start of Durga Pujo before anything else does. The dhak. Somewhere between that first beat and the conch shells at Sandhi Puja, wardrobes across Bengal and its diaspora quietly transform. Cotton and handloom sarees gives way to silk. Everyday drapes give way to something with a little more […]
Some collaborations feel inevitable before they even happen. Abhinisha Jani Ashara has spent her platform teaching women to love their bodies without asterisks, without apology, without waiting for permission, so when Aza Fashions paired her with Samyukta Singhania, a designer whose work has always favoured presence over restraint, the fit needed no explaining. This is a […]
Some outfits whisper. Sonam Kapoor’s latest doesn’t, it recites poetry. For her most recent appearance, the actor traded her usual palette-play for total blackout, letting a single, spectacular anarkali carry an entire evening’s worth of drama. No colour to hide behind, no prints to distract, just silhouette, craft, and jewellery doing very deliberate lifting. Styled by […]
Janmashtami in the diaspora has a rhythm all its own; temple aartis that start after the American workday ends, community dahi handis in a parking lot instead of a Mathura lane, midnight bhajans that somehow still fit into a Sunday-night schedule. What hasn’t kept pace is the wardrobe. Most closets still default to a plain kurta […]
