Posts tagged with 'India':

While the various faiths and races composing India's melting pot are often at odds, fashion designer Perveez Aggarwal seeks national unity through her clothing venture My Beautiful Embroideries. Aggarwal, a member of the small and wealthy Parsee community, helps India's underclass by employing rural Muslim craftsmen "to recreate ancient Persian designs on embroidered clothing she sells worldwide," AFP reports.  read more »

By offering everything from discounts to champagne parties, many European luxury goods houses are wooing bloggers and infiltrating social networking sites "to entice a new breed of customer, better leverage their ad budgets, and ultimately sell more products." (WWD)  read more »

The rest of the world may be absorbed by a global financial crisis, but you wouldn't know it in New Delhi's Luxury Stores. Brands such as Hermès, Cartier, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, have unloaded their merchandise there to chase India's growing class of super-rich. The number of Indians with more than $1 million in assets has grown since last year by 22%, to 167,000, more than any other country in Asia, according to the 2008 CapGemini Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific Wealth Report, Time Magazine reports.  read more »

As shoppers guard their money, Liz Claiborne and others cut costs to prepare for the economic downturn. (WWD)

The Olsen twins deut their new book, with surprising interviews from designers and artists, including Karl Lagerfeld. (NY Mag)  read more »

Fashion Week in India doesn't let the financial crisis get it down and lives up to international standards. (Reuters)

H&M's limited edition collaboration with Berlin design duo feeds the homeless. (WWD)

Britain opens audacious mega-mall--just in time for the recession. (The Independent)  read more »

Lakmé Fashion Week is underway in Mumbai, with rising designers like Rahul Mishra (see photo) lighting up the runway. Keep an eye on what's to come from India's fashion weeks this month, as the country blossoms into a new luxury frontier. See the photos here: http://www.lakmefashionweek.co.in.

R&B singer Ne-Yo tips his many hats to the '40s and '50s, bringing back a retro panache to the stage. (Los Angeles Times)

Blue is the new black this election year, as new analysis shows the fashion workforce supporting Obama over McCain 2 to 1. (WWD)  read more »

Forbes investigates the fashion history of hipster buying power. (Forbes)

As fall sets in, shop last season's high fashion like a Parisian local at your neighborhood's dépôt-vente. (International Herald Tribune)  read more »

Fashion site Net-a-porter.com bridges the post-runway gap with a front row view of Alexander McQueen and immediate buying options for its customers. (International Herald Tribune) 

The launch of GQ India marks a change in men's style, further pushing the country into the global fashion scene. (Reuters)    read more »