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From New York Pride to runways and fashion shoots, Chennai-based artist and jewellery creator Bhagya Sivaraman’s jewellery is going places. She takes us through her process, and how she enjoys being at the intersection of art forms

Women politicians in France have largely abandoned the neat designer outfits of the past in a bid to look less elitist

Archana Rao discusses the costume designing for ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, from using rubber-coated neoprene fabric to aged mul cottons and discarded materials

Dyson returns to India with its latest no-heat damage hair styler and dryer, the Airstrait, in Delhi. Does it deliver on its promise?

Sobhita Dhulipala on her soft corner for Indian crafts and textiles and what dictates her partnership choices with fashion labels

Olympic jersey is beyond just a matter of appearance for the designers

A fashion editor’s alter ego questions why there’s no documentation of the personal style statements of politicians — from Nirmala Sitharaman’s curated handlooms to Jyotiraditya Scindia’s Nepali cap

Chennai-based Annie Titus Mammen, who does embroidery for Chanel, Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, has launched Tambour’s first Independent product line of embellished pashmina stoles in Delhi

Bright and quirky, the tees, hoodies, and shirts are named after the chips. Choose from Classic Salted, Cream and Onion and more

Made with absolute luxury of time and embroidered with intricate details, the Rahul Mishra X Tod’s edit of bags and shoes has been launched today, during London Fashion Week at Tod’s Bond Street Boutique

Choose from denim corsets, chic dresses, statement skirts and bell bottoms, rich with embroidery and embellishments

As the northern hemisphere started transitioning from summer to fall, Milan Fashion Week invites fashionistas to dream about the next warm weather season

Young entrepreneur Adithi Ganeshan speaks about her newly launched jewellery brand Thamalli, the design process, and working with rare gemstones

The couturier navigates the global fashion scene through his World Collection that modernises India’s traditional textile crafts 

With Navaratri having begun and Deepavali not too far away, people and brands are coming up with creative gifting ideas, and delving into all things handmade, customisable, and artistic

Anita Dongre collaborates with Mattel to create the first-ever Barbie Signature Diwali doll

Costume and fashion design students in the city take a tour of unique weaving traditions and stories of craftsmen, artisans and weavers at a travelling photography exhibition 

The global streetwear conversation is finding ways to percolate in Chennai, say the founders of Capsul and Biskit 

Hyderabad-based Creative Bee trained rural women in Tuticorin to design lifestyle products using water hyacinth fibres. Another training programme in Bihar is in the offing

Upcycled denim, and creations with discarded material ruled the runway this year

Come Deepavali, and it is T Nagar, the city’s busiest shopping hub’s time to shine. From 3D saris to Alia cut kurtas, there’s much to choose from

Qua’s pre-fall collection, Modern Heroine, is dedicated to women Indian cricketers

A long-time fashion editor on the designer’s crowd-pulling persona that glossed over the empath he was 

For the sake of insulation and ventilation, structures should be built in tune with the prevailing climatic conditions. By Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Creative use of natural materials, recycled elements, salvaged items stand out in these eco-sensitive creations.

If regions like Assam can live on bamboo staircases, Bangalore too can live on them. They combine beauty with functionality, says Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Ramanujan IT City has adopted the Main Street architectural style. Hema Vijay takes a look.

Winning a competition for their vertical living design is a boost for architects Suraksha Bhatla and Sharan Sundar.

During the monsoon, drive slow to avoid landing in a pothole or ditch, says Vikram Mankal.

A look at how building code violations in basement design have been overlooked

Efficient lighting at low cost must be considered as a national priority, and it is time to tap the potential of LED. By K. Sukumaran.

Teja Lele Desai gives you nine ideas that designers swear by

Raw Mango’s Sanjay Garg fuses Mughal and Rajputana traditions to create a joyful line in jewel tones for the festive season

Designers from across the country share their One Zero Eight and khadi collaborative experience 

There’s something about a World Cup campaign that evokes thoughts of completion and a curiosity in other aspects of life.

The Delhi police FIR and NYT reporting on foreign influence operations share the same outlook

Many in India view Israel as a model for its own security and progress. They have a lot to ponder.

Diplomacy has been democratised. But there is a little trouble — the grand plans of strategic elites are increasingly constrained by public opinion, in India and all democracies, as the world stares into a new abyss.

From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, Tamil Nadu’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens

You can put down the below-par performances in the Cape Town Test to technical deficiencies in batting, yet you come to the philosophical question: Can we really know anything for certain? Also, does everything have to make sense?

‘The underlying theme was clearly fiscal consolidation with an ability to maintain the infrastructure spends at the existing run rate’

Ahead of the T20 World Cup, the progress made by India’s two best batters will be followed even more keenly as the IPL unfolds