Guide

Diwali is five days long, and by day three most women realise the outfit they bought for the puja is not the outfit they want for a lunch with the in-laws, and definitely not what they want for the party...

Diwali is a five-day festival, but most people only plan one outfit for the main celebration. The other days still need something to wear. A casual Diwali festival dress for ladies can give you the comfort you need for errands,...

Finding a Diwali gift for wife can be easier when you choose something she can wear beyond the festival. Instead of a gift that sits on a shelf, consider a Pashmina shawl, silk stole, designer cape, or embroidered kurta set...

Bhai Dooj comes at the end of Diwali, when the main celebrations have already passed. It is a day for siblings to spend time together, with the traditional tilak ceremony and gifts forming part of the celebration. Diwali Bhai Dooj...

A Diwali kurta for men has to do a lot in one week. It needs to work for the puja on the sofa, for a family dinner, for the office party, and for the big night out with friends. Most...

Amritsar is as much a shopping city as a spiritual one. Beyond the Golden Temple, its lanes overflow with phulkari dupattas, cosy woollen shawls, leather juttis and the kind of handcrafted textiles Punjab is famous for. Whether you are hunting...

A shawl in India is never just a piece of fabric. It carries generations of craft, from the fine handloom of Kashmir to the intricate embroidery of Punjab. But with hundreds of sellers online, finding a brand that offers genuine...

 Somewhere along the way, co ords got labelled as loungewear, something comfortable for staying in. That is a shame, because casual co ord sets for women are among the most versatile, put-together things you can own. With the right styling,...

The kurta pyjama is the most democratic garment in Indian menswear. It works on a 25-year-old heading to a sangeet and a 65-year-old walking into a family puja. It works at a Diwali party in Delhi, an Eid gathering in...

Every year, Mothers Day arrives, and the same panic sets in. You want to give her something meaningful, something that says "I see you and I appreciate everything," but somehow you end up ordering flowers that will die in four...

Winter dressing for Indian women has traditionally meant one of two things: layering a shawl over a silk outfit and hoping you stay warm, or switching to Western thermals under a kurta and losing the silhouette entirely. Neither option is...

There is something about velvet that no other fabric can replicate. It absorbs light and reflects it at the same time, which means it photographs in a way that silk, cotton, and linen simply cannot. It drapes close to the...

The kurta pyjama is one of those garments that has never needed a moment of revival because it never went away. In Punjab, particularly, the kurta pyjama is not traditional wear reserved for special occasions. It is an active, living...

Finding the best gift for parents is one of those decisions that feels deceptively simple until you actually sit down and think about it. Your parents have spent decades giving you everything, and a generic box of sweets or a...

There is a very particular kind of pressure that comes with dressing for an Indian summer wedding. The heat is relentless, the functions are many, the photographs will exist forever, and the expectations for how every woman looks are genuinely...

Eid Al Adha is one of the most significant occasions in the Islamic calendar and one of the most important festive dressing events of the year for millions of people across India, the UAE, and the global Muslim community. Known...

There is a particular kind of confidence that comes with draping a dusala shawl correctly. It is not a loud statement. It does not compete with what you are wearing. It simply lifts the entire look to a register that...

Walk into any well-attended wedding in India right now, and you will notice something. The men who look most at ease, most put-together, and most distinctly themselves are almost always wearing a bandhgala blazer. Not a sherwani, not a western...

There is something deeply satisfying about putting on an outfit where every piece belongs together. Not because you spent forty minutes mixing and matching separates, but because the set was designed that way from the beginning. The fabric moves together,...

The fabric of a kurta pyjama determines everything. It determines whether you feel cool at an outdoor mehendi or overheated before the baraat even starts. It determines whether you look sharp in photos or washed out under artificial light. It...

There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from a well-dressed man who has thought about the small things. The shoes, the fit of the collar, the fabric of the jacket. And then, sitting precisely in the breast pocket,...