The jhumka-and-bangles formula has had a good run. But this Navratri, jewellery is not playing a supporting role anymore. It is the main event. Scale, texture and deliberate layering have taken over, turning Garba nights into full-on fashion moments. Navratri jewellery trends this season are borrowing from the bridal playbook — and honestly, it is […]
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 needs to set the tone. Enter yellow, bright, auspicious and impossible to ignore. From an easy-breezy angarkha to a dramatic Banarasi saree, Day 1 is […]
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 warm balcony at dusk. But in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch, it means a deck, a garden or a rooftop, a spring evening with a temper, […]
Navratri in the Netherlands has grown into something the Indian and South Asian diaspora genuinely looks forward to. Community halls turn into dance floors, dhol beats echo through Dutch suburbs, and living rooms fill up with the smell of festive dinners being passed around. Garba circles form, Dandiya sticks clash in rhythm, and generations dance […]
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, late-night pandal hopping and that one friend who somehow has a completely new outfit for every outing. For Bengalis, dressing up for Pujo is part […]
Micro-trends have been shouting at us for years now. Bold colors, chaotic prints, look-at-me everything. Fawncore is the opposite of all that noise. This fawncore trend feels like slipping into a cabin sweater on the first cold morning of the season. It’s soft, it’s a little nostalgic, and it borrows its whole personality from the […]
Quiet luxury has been the fashion world’s favorite phrase for a minute now, but somewhere between the muted beiges and the “stealth wealth” checklists, its meaning got a little too narrow. People started assuming quiet luxury only meant neutral colors and zero personality. Soha Ali Khan’s latest Indianwear look says otherwise. Her recent appearance in […]
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 was ready for him. He walked away with a promise: he’d be back when the time was right. Cut to September 2026. The time was […]
There’s something quietly powerful about getting dressed for Karwa Chauth, even thousands of miles from home. The sindoor, the bangles clinking as you reach for a diya, the moment you catch your reflection before heading out to meet family or in-laws. In Canada, where the crisp October air is a far cry from the warm […]
There’s a reason Leheriya keeps showing up on mood boards, wedding guest lists, and street style feeds lately. The signature wave-like patterns feel painterly rather than printed, and the color combinations, think fuchsia against marigold, or indigo bleeding into white, carry a kind of joy that’s hard to manufacture with anything synthetic. It’s also just […]
