Anushka Manik

We speak to Priyanka Modi, Founder and Creative Director of AMPM, about coming home to Mumbai, designing a space that feels like a pause button, why the future of luxury might be more about feeling than flexing, and what happens when a 25-year-old brand decides to edit itself rather than reinvent itself.

HUEMN has always been a bit of a beautiful contradiction. For a label that has spent 14 years making a case for the unconventional – where beauty often comes with a side of destruction, flowers share space with bones, and the familiar is rarely left untouched, its origin story begins with a rather unexpected protagonist […]

At the pero x Barbie Spring/Summer 2027 showcase, the iconic pink box became a metaphor for the freedom that lies beyond it. After all, a Barbie box is meant to be opened because that is where the dreaming, imagining and becoming begin.

There’s something really personal about fragrances, isn’t it? A fragrance is never just an amalgamation of perfectly blended notes; but something that can remind you of a person, a feeling, a sense of belonging or even the feeling of being home. And the best part? Its meaning is entirely your own. Gotta give it to luxury brands for consistently knocking it out of the park and giving us new launches to swoon over.

Fashion has never been just about clothes. Fashion weeks, in particular, have always had a political streak, whether designers choose to wear their beliefs on their sleeves or stitch them into the seams. And while some might argue that the spectacle has lost a little of its spark, every season, there are designers who remind us why we fell for fashion in the first place. Their collections do more than what meets the eye. Some challenge perspectives, others leave you thinking about the pieces beyond the runway. At Lakmé Fashion Week 2026, a handful of designers came with stories that made us think. And perhaps that’s one of the greatest compliments you can give to a designer; not just remembering what they showed you, but wondering what it meant. Read on.

For Nerio Alessandri, founder and CEO of Technogym, this evolution has been decades in the making. His argument is straightforward, even if its implications are considerable – the ultimate measure of wellness is not how a person looks, how much they can lift or how many kilometres they can run. It is how well they live.

As kids, travelling with strangers induced horror in most Indian households. Cut to 2026, and the idea of boarding a flight with a bunch of people you’ve never met has gone from mildly alarming to actually cool. I’ve found myself travelling to new places with new bunch of people more often than I can count for work trips, which sounded slightly uncomfortable at first, but somewhere between the first awkward introduction and the inevitable inside jokes, I realised people and their lores can actually be fun! There are also organised communities now, built around exactly this premise – sign up, show up, meet strangers and travel together.

The festive season is here, and if there was ever a time to justify a little retail therapy, this is it. But while our wish lists may be endless, today we’re talking bags and turning our attention closer to home – rounding up homegrown designs that deserve a spotlight of their own. Think intricate handwork, […]

Diwali might still be a couple of weeks away, but the air has already started smelling like it. The shiuli flowers are blooming, the card party invites are rolling in faster than you can RSVP, and your everyday wardrobe just doesn’t seem festive enough. Consider this your sign to start planning your OOTNs. We’ve put […]

For William Grant & Sons, the family-owned spirits house behind Glenfiddich and The Balvenie, the opportunity lies in bringing its heritage to a new generation of drinkers without losing sight of what makes its whiskies distinctive. In conversation with Kartik Mohindra, Managing Director, William Grant & Sons India, we explore how India’s whisky landscape is changing, the markets beyond the metros, and the future of premium spirits in India.