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12

Sep

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When architects design for themselves

Deadlines, budgets, client briefs, endless site visits — on most days, architects and designers are consumed by the needs of others. But ask them what they create when no one is watching, and the answers reveal something far more intimate. Designing for themselves becomes a rare pause, a chance to play, experiment, and express: a reminder of why they fell in love with design in the first place.“Designing for ourselves is an adventure of creativity. I have a penchant for the fantastical, and I am drawn to all things brutalist. My partner, however, favours minimalistic aesthetics, deep, moody hues and…

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12

Sep

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Michael Kors’ style and wearability attract starry crowd at his New York Fashion Week show

Michael Kors as he brought his love of nature to urban New York City, for a celebrity-heavy Spring/Summer 2026 show at New York Fashion Week Thursday. The iconic designer likes to make his guests comfortable in his clothes and at his shows, so he turned an empty warehouse space into a cozy room inspired by his beach house, lit by giant paper lanterns, with wood paneling and side tables filled with ceramic vases and succulent plants. A model walks the runway during the Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2026 fashion show as part of New York Fashion Week. | Photo Credit: AP…

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11

Sep

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Steve Waugh-backed Australia Essence enters India’s premium consumer market

India’s premium consumer market is expanding beyond luxury fashion and cars to everyday categories, such as food, wellness, and lifestyle. Artisanal snacks, craft coffee, and plant-based dairy have moved from niche to mainstream, driven by the urban middle class seeking provenance, quality and purpose in what it consumes.It is into this landscape that Australia Essence — a house of brands co-founded by former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh and entrepreneur Tim Thomas — made its Indian debut.“For us, the idea was simple. Australia has something unique to offer, and we wanted to give family-owned, intergenerational businesses a platform to scale…

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11

Sep

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Meet the voices behind Chennai’s most famous sounds: voice of the Chennai metro, CSK anthem, and Corporation’s garbage anthem

Chennai is a two-syllable word. In its pause, lies a rise and a fall, a push and a pull. In this pause between ‘Che’ and ‘Nnai’ the city comes alive; it is in this pause that you find its people. You wake up to some of them, celebrate with them, and sometimes even strictly adhere to their instructions. But do you know the people who make Chennai’s soundscape iconic? Come, let’s meet them. Rahul Nambiar and Ranjith Govind, CSK anthem Singers Rahul Nambiar and Ranjith Govind | Photo Credit: Prasanna Mahadevan For years now, the lion’s roar at the Chepauk stadium…

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10

Sep

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Vivek Karunakaran’s Adayalam creates a cultural dialogue of heritage and design

Photograph from Amar Ramesh’s Dying Art series | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Who are you, what are you, where are you from? For designer Vivek Karunakaran, these questions go beyond identity. They are the foundation of Adayalam, meaning identity, his new cultural property. Set to debut at the Chettinad Heritage Festival this year, it is envisioned as a travelling showcase that threads together fashion, craft, art, music, and design.“The whole idea of Adayalam stems from this deep-rooted feeling that it is so important for us to identify talent, support it, and then collaborate to create something more meaningful,” he says.…

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10

Sep

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India’s milliners are adding a feather to the fashion industry’s cap

India’s fascination for headgear does not only extend to the socio-religious ambit with taqiyah, EXPLAIN taqiyah turbans or traditional Bengali topor, but also to the politico-cultural zeitgeist. Remember the famous Gandhi topi that made a comeback with social activist Anna Hazare’s 2011 hunger strike for The Lokpal Bill? The accessory came to define the sartorial choices of many freedom fighters too, take Bhagat Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose, for instance. In the world of sports, also, baseball caps and cricket hats have been nothing short of a style statement. MUMBAI, 07/04/2011: Social activist Anna Hazare on the third day of…

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09

Sep

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Madhampatty Rangaraj moves Madras High Court over defamatory posts by costume designer Joy Crizildaa

Joy Crizildaa and ‘Madhampatty’ Rangaraj | Photo Credit: Instagram/@joycrizildaa, @madhampatty_rangaraj Madhampatty Thangavelu Hospitality Private Limited has approached the Madras High Court to restrain costume designer Joy Crizildaa, who claims to have married one of the directors of the catering company, from disparaging the “goodwill and reputation” of the unregistered trademark ‘Madhampatty Pakashala.’Justice N. Senthilkumar, on Tuesday (September 9, 2025), ordered notice, returnable by September 16, to the costume designer in a civil suit filed by the catering company and permitted the company’s counsel on record Vijayan Subramanian to issue private notice too to her since the case was scheduled to…

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09

Sep

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‘His work outlived the noise’: Tarun Tahiliani on the legacy of Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani

Last Wednesday, while packing for a flight to Dubai, I tossed the Financial Times magazine into my bag as something to read on the plane. It turned out to be the FT Sunday magazine, Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani looking back at me from the cover. A day later, in the middle of a photoshoot, the news flashed that Armani had passed away, at 91. A chill rushed through my body. I had just read his cover story the night before. Somehow, it felt like even his timing in death was immaculate. On the cover one week, gone the next.…

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08

Sep

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What is a craft lager? Geist Brewing Co. launches a new beer, Geist Repeat Strong

Geist Repeat Strong | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Bengaluru-based brewery Geist Brewing Co. has a portfolio of wit beers, Bavarian dark beers, American IPAs and Belgian blonde ales. But what was missing was a good old lager. The new launch, Geist Repeat Strong, is filling the gap. A crisp lager-style beer that has a balance between malts, hops and finish. It is easy on the palate, and pairs with most foods. “Geist is South India’s first distribution craft brewery,” says Narayan Manepally, Founder and CEO, Geist Brewing Co. In 2010, the Karnataka government made laws that allowed microbreweries to start,…

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07

Sep

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A far, green country once more: The renaissance of Sri Lankan tourism

In Vinland Saga, they speak of a faraway place, “a warm and fertile land, untouched by slave-raiders nor the flame of war” — where even the weary might find peace. Tolkien wrote of a similar “far, green country,” glimpsed on the edge of the world. As the plane slipped below the clouds, I thought of both. Sri Lanka stretched out in shades of green that seemed to multiply the longer I looked. A beautiful unbroken sweep of deep, restless, and endless green, cut only by the blue breath of the Indian Ocean and clouds brushing the horizon. From up here,…

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