07 December 2022, Mumbai

Couturier Raghavendra Rathore has always tried out-of-the-box, unconventional designs rather than sticking to trends.

He has come up with a minimalist and sophisticated line of winter/festive wear for men. His latest wedding collection has a focus on cuts, textures, and silhouette styles. The designs have an understated elegance and a deeper sense of style. Colours, textures, and small details form the core of the design plan, giving the wearer endless options to fulfill festive wardrobe requirements for the season.The line offers the classic achkan in many avatars and a host of jodhpuri bandhgala jackets and suits for the Indian wedding wardrobe.

For Raghavendra Rathore, the idea has always been to create ensembles that are firmly rooted in heritage while always exploring newer design possibilities. He has worked with global fashion names like Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta when he was a budding designer. In 1994, he catapulted the bandhgala on to the global fashion map and since then the brand has been the flag bearer of this ethnic ensemble, dressing up the who’s who of the world—from film and sports celebrities to royalty.

He is working on a Moroccan-inspired travel collection. The idea is to add new value to many aspects of the festive events that are part of any five to six-day-long wedding ceremony.

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 03 December 2022, Mumbai

Bershka is planning to open in India with a store in Bangalore. This is a youth brand belonging to the Spanish Inditex and is popular among youngsters for its bold, trendy fashion. Bershka is also popular for its nineties-themed fashion and for its collaborations with celebrities including Billie Eilish and Powerpuff Girls.

Inditex launched Bershka in 1998 and Bershka would be the third Inditex brand to enter India after Zara and Massimo Dutti. Zara’s sales in India jumped 61 percent and the Spanish brand posted a profit of Rs149 crores for the fiscal year 2022. That year Zara again turned profitable after a pandemic-induced loss of Rs 41 crores in the previous year when sales declined 28 per cent amid lockdowns and other Covid restrictions in various states in the country.

Zara is operated in India through a joint venture between Inditex Group and the Tata-owned Trent. There is another joint venture between the two groups for selling Massimo Dutti in India. Inditex Trent Retail India currently operates stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Gurugram.

Zara has already introduced its beauty products in India this year amid a boom in the country’s beauty and cosmetics market.

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21 November 2022, Mumbai:

Valentino has opened a boutique in New Delhi.

The boutique is spread over 110 square meters. The opening of the store is an important step in the development of Valentino's worldwide retail network expansion. The fashion studio has an experiential design that will provide its customers with a global fashion experience.

At present, the iconic Valentino Pink PP Collection is the highlight of the store and features all women's and men's product categories: ready-to-wear, Valentino Garavani bags, shoes, and accessories.

The Italian luxury fashion brand has a tie-up with Reliance Brands, India's leader in luxury retail, and Valentino’s infectious romanticism, signature codes, and bold use of colour has strong resonance in India.

The partnership is expected to help make the brand more accessible to its Indian customers and build a new tribe of Valentino connoisseurs.

As per the new business model, Valentino is leveraging the strong relationships between the brand, its sales force, and the customers, hinged on its couture values - obsession for detail, creativity, and client centricity - that together with human capital and teamwork are at the core of the company culture and the main drivers of its evolution.

Valentino sees India as an important market, rife with new opportunities.

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 06 December 2022, Mumbai

Designer TarunTahiliani has opened a boutique in Bangalore. This boutique is the brand’s newest store in the country and adds to the label’s list of other stores, which are located in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.

A tribute to TarunTahiliani’s signature India Modern design philosophy, the boutique in Bangalore features original tiled floors, stone mosaics, handmade carpets, and a Tree of Life wall, featuring embroideries that represent the finesse of the atelier’s style.

For the launch, a colossal LED screen presented a stream-of-consciousness video. The tree in the aangan of the store is symbolic of the garden city, with its diverse energy.

The entire range of TarunTahiliani products for both men and women – including couture, ready-to-wear, occasion-wear, accessories, jewelry, and heritage textiles – are showcased across the sprawling 4,500 sq. ft. store. The collections have their own dedicated space – the drapes, the fashion collections, the men’s wear room, and the saribar and accessories room.

At the center of all this is the courtyard, wrapped by a painted banyan, with motifs from embroidery studios, the couture/bridal core of the brand. TarunTahiliani brand pillars are showcased within the boutique – chikankari, zardozi on the frame, the fine art of draping, and the soldering techniques used in the label’s highfashion.

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 29 November 2022, Mumbai

TMRW, a unit belonging to Aditya Birla Fashion Retail, is investing in a series of lifestyle brands.

These span casual wear, children’s wear and western wear. TMRW was launched in 2022 in line with Aditya Birla’s strategy to launch and back new-age digital ventures, brands that are born online and draw a large part of their sales via the internet.

The D2C brands include women’s western wear label Berrylush, casual wear brand Bewakoof and women’s casual and western wear brand Juneberry. TMRW has also invested in teen’s occasion wear brand Natilene, children’s wear label NautiNati, athleisure and active wear brand under Nobero, casual and denim wear brand Urbano and casual wear and fast fashion label Veirdo.

TMRW’s vision is to partner with new-age founders by bringing in strategic, operational and technological capabilities in addition to growth capital. With synergistic investments that will power multiple brands, TMRW aims at enabling scaling and brand building. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail has a distinctive heritage of building marquee fashion and lifestyle brands. By tapping into Aditya Birla’s fashion capabilities and category expertise, TMRW is on the path to replicate the success in the digital first space by building the next generation of memorable brands that will drive India’s e-commerce growth.

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18 November 2022, Mumbai:

Ethnic wear brand House of Pataudi has opened a store in Mumbai. House of Pataudi is a brand owned by Bollywood celebrity Saif Ali Khan. The new store is spread across an area of 1100 sqft and offers the latest collections from brands like Rozana, Jashn, and Riwayat, among others.

House of Pataudi has stores in Goa, Lucknow, and Chennai. The brand’s unique designs have reflected the magnificence and opulence of the legacy associated with Pataudi. The brand offers customers a curated range of 2,500 to 3,000 styles in apparel, footwear, and home.

The core design of the collection comes from the rich traditions of the royal family of Pataudi, among other crafts and designs which are in accordance with the brand’s aesthetics and language. Working with the finest craftsmen, the brand enables shoppers to access crafts like kantha, kashidakari, mirror work, gotapatti, and traditional Indian fabrics like kota and banarasi brocades, to choose from.

Over the years, the brand has established itself as one of the leading players in the men’s space. Consumers have turned to ethnic wear in a big way. They are upgrading their wardrobes for the festivities and the wedding season.

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 05 December 2022, Mumbai

Diesel has opened a Red & White store in India. This is at Hyderabad and it is the first such store in India, spread across 4193 sq ft. Elements of renewal, disruption and transformation are layered into the architecture. Interiors are clean, and they invoke a feeling of being in a stripped-out shell. The rawness of this immersion engages the customer’s senses on a fundamental level and showcases Diesel’s products in a modern way. Customers get enveloped in Diesel’s ethos as they enter the store. The huge digital façade at the entrance and store interiors is an immediate impression of boundary-pushing retail, blending a unique atmospheric experience with the physical act of shopping.

The store displays a collection of compression shorts, sports bras, bodysuits, sweats, hoodies, tees and more. The vibe has a retro sport influence and takes inspiration from archival iconic Diesel codes such as color-blocking in a bold primary palette, proportion plays, logo taping, and an overall impression that recalls the bold aesthetics of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Diesel is an innovative international lifestyle company, producing a wide-ranging collection of jeans, clothing, and accessories. Since its creation in 1978, Diesel has evolved from being a leading pioneer in denim into premium casual wear, becoming a true alternative to the established luxury market.

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24 November 2022, Mumbai:

Abraham & Thakore’s new range celebrates the return to normalcy.

The range comprises dresses, coordinate sets, saris, footwear, and more and focuses on elegant separates that are designed to see through a full working day or a social evening get-together. The range for men comprises shirts, kurtas, easy jackets, and pants in a range of exclusive prints, colours and patterns. Homeware comprises bed covers, robes, cushions, and accessories such as tea cozies and hot water bottle covers.

Tussar silk is the conceptual pivot around which the apparel have been crafted. Shades of natural tussar, pale beige, sand, and deep hues, are a prominent part of the color palette which includes a deep madder red and shades of warm colours ranging from clove to the golden hues of tussar.

These are teamed with the perennial combinations of black and white that are an important part of the brand signature. Fabrics include silk and cotton along with sustainable cellulose blends such as Tencel that are used with wool and wool blends for winter wear.

David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore have also used tussar yarn as an embroidery yarn in many of the techniques this season creating a special tactile quality from this natural undyed yarn. Organic cotton has been used for many styles as well as sustainable Tencel fabrics.

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16 November 2022, Mumbai:

Faballey has collaborated with designer Rimzim Dadu to launch a new party collection.

The collection consists of 30 party-ready separates and sets including dresses, co-ords, tops, skirts, and jumpsuits. Faballey is a western wear brand from the house of High Street Essentials. Rimzim Dadu is known for her unique interpretation of textiles and her expertise in changing the very nature of materials and creating new texture surfaces. The designer is known for using art installations, technology and craftsmanship to design her shows.

Rimzim Dadu’s flagship store in New Delhi houses saris and lehengas made from metal wire. Hair-thin wires are softened and then each wire is cross sewn individually to make unique surfaces. These saris are meant for the new Indian bride who is experimental and doesn’t want to look like anyone else on her most important day. The store also has men’s wear and accessories. Notable items include a Nehru-style bomber jacket made from metal yarn. Accessories are also placed throughout the store including a range of triangle-shaped metal handbags and slip-on heels.

A large screen that resembles a wall of water showcases Dadu’s signature wire-textile technique and platforms for shoes and accessories are reminiscent of ancient Greek ruins. Historical touches coupled with smoothly curved furniture and even curved walls create a highly conceptual mix of the modern and the ancient.

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