Indian illustrators are telling the inclusive fashion stories that photographers often don’t

Indian fashion brands and magazines are increasingly working with illustrators to create a new design vocabulary.

Fiza Jha

· May 22, 2018 · 11:30 am

Your masterji copying a Sabyasachi lehenga is only the tip of India’s fashion plagiarism problem

An Instagram account is forcing the Indian fashion industry and its consumers to address issues that were swept under the carpet for decades.

Avantika Mehta

· May 03, 2018 · 11:30 am

Five North Eastern designers who are putting the region on the fashion map by showcasing its fabrics

With each state boasting a vast range of craft traditions, the North East is a sartorial treasure chest.

Sohini Dey

· Apr 16, 2018 · 11:30 am

Fashion technology institute to devise an Indian size chart in three years

NIFT feels the current size charts do not reflect Indian body types accurately.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 01, 2018 · 03:03 pm

Genderless fashion: Indian designers are changing the way we look at clothes

In a time of fraught gender politics, fashion attempts to create a new code.

Cheryl-Ann Couto

· Feb 27, 2018 · 11:30 am

The fashion statement in ‘Black Panther’ is also a political one – about Black influence on style

The hype around the costumes in the Marvel film shows a need to recognise the legacy of black style in mainstream fashion.

Henry Navarro Delgado, The Conversation

· Feb 19, 2018 · 07:30 pm

The journey of Indian fashion can be traced through the story of one Mumbai store

As Ensemble turns 30, its archives and evolution plot the course of what is now one of India’s biggest businesses – fashion retail.

Chinmayee Manjunath

· Dec 14, 2017 · 11:30 am

Why Brazilian fashion is all the rage across the Atlantic in Angola

Brazilian soap operas are wildly popular in Portuguese-speaking Angola, influencing women’s fashion and creating a business opportunity.

Léa Barreau Tran, The Conversation

· Aug 06, 2017 · 11:30 pm

From saris to T-shirts: A Google project has brought millennia of fashion online

Zoom into pictures of a Patola or a chiffon sari until you can see the threads of the weave.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jul 14, 2017 · 11:30 am

Can Make in India and Smriti Irani’s hashtags ever be more than a gimmick for the fashion industry?

Encouraging Swadeshi sentiments on social media is not enough. Indian fashion needs an integrated ecosystem.

Shweta Shiware

· Jul 05, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Twin Peaks’ was the original watercooler TV show, and the costumes had a lot to do with it

The show’s original costume designer was Patricia Norris, who won an Emmy for her work on the pilot episode.

Catherine Spooner, The Conversation

· Jun 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

How young Indian brands are leading the global conversation on conscious fashion

Can hashtag activism change our relationship with our wardrobes?

Arati Menon

· May 17, 2017 · 11:30 am