Fashionandstyle

The joy of Eurovision fashion: Vegas-style silver, campy aesthetic, and above all, fun, feel-good style

Eurovision 2021 opened up the stage to a parade of ridiculous outfits that were nevertheless worn with so much exuberance that it was a great reminder that sometimes just the freedom to express your own taste should be the goal.

As Bodice turns 10, designer Ruchika Sachdeva shares her approach to luxury and the design process

In a country where high-end fashion is largely associated with occasion wear, Sachdeva offers an alternate approach to luxury: stripping off ornamentation to focus on pain-staking construction and harnessing Indian artisanal techniques to create utilitarian, comfortable garments that can be worn forever.

How Rahul Mishra applied his doctrines of mindful luxury to the fully sustainable home he's building in Uttarakhand

What really makes Mishra stand out is his Gandhian philosophy: India belongs in its villages. His high-fashion brand is built on the belief system of supporting villages and their ways of living.

Dispatches from a year of dressing: How working from home changed wardrobes around the world

Have months of self-isolation, lockdown and working from home irrevocably changed what we will put on once we go out again?

Why the sweater vest is a style sublimely attuned to these strange, in-between times

From luxury stalwarts (Hermès and Michael Kors) to cool brands geared toward younger consumers (Wales Bonner and Eckhaus Latta), spring collections were chockablock with this hybrid of waistcoat and traditional knit.

The Rajesh Pratap Singh Interview | 'You have to know where you come from, and see how it is relevant today'

As creative director at Satya Paul, the celebrated designer has given the brand a facelift in less than a year.

Fighting patriarchy, one beautiful bauble at a time: Eina Ahluwalia turns the idea of jewellery as feminine on its head

Ahluwalia's seemingly simple trinkets hold much pain, shed fear, take struggles on head-first, and celebrate womanhood that would make the fiercest feminists proud.

More than ornate baubles, brooches make a comeback with statement pieces, men's red carpet fashion

A number of brooches today are marketed specifically to men, and they’re different from the dainty, ladylike pins of the past.

How the cold-shoulder top became the on point coronavirus vaccine fashion trend

The emerging vaccine-ready top seems to be the cold-shoulder top, thanks to Dolly Parton.

'Our individual traumas are our collective traumas as well': Supermodel Nidhi Sunil on her activism and journey

Nidhi Sunil slipped from the cracks of a social structure that would have stifled her to become a global beauty ambassador and a voice against femicide.