Festive fashion

Navratri is almost at its grand finale, and Day 9 calls for an outfit that makes every garba spin and festive photograph count. The colour of the day is purple,…

Walk down Serangoon Road once the sun dips and Little India stops being a neighborhood. It becomes a stage. Strings of lights climb building facades in patterns that shift with…

Pink has a way of making a room feel warmer the moment it walks in. During Navratri, that quality takes on new meaning. The color carries an energy that feels…

There’s a reason royal blue keeps finding its way back into festive wardrobes. It has the depth of midnight and the confidence of a colour that refuses to fade into…

In America, Diwali does not always arrive with a street full of fireworks. It arrives with a shoe rack overflowing by the front door, a rangoli chalked near the entrance,…

By Day 4 of Navratri, the festive mood in on and rolling. The colour for the day is orange, a shade that feels almost made for garba nights, dandiya circles…

There’s something different about celebrating Diwali under an Australian sky. The light hits differently at golden hour, and the warm evenings call for outfits that feel festive without weighing you…

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…

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…

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,…