Emmanuelle Alt, the new editor of the coveted Paris Vogue, who was surprisingly passed on the baton by Carine Roitfeld who quit to pursue “meaningful goals”, has inspired a new look — biker chic — and this trend seems to be a catching on like wild fire on the spring-summer 2011 runway.

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She is barely five feet tall, but designer Shilpa Chavan has achieved a stature much higher than that, in the tough world of fashion designing.

There are some people who have a talent that becomes an all-consuming passion as they express it on a professional level. Living with a singer or a musician whose first love is their art must be tough for family and friends. How do the dynamics of such relationships work, where a raga or an instrument sometimes takes over other aspects of the artiste’s life?

When Hollywood hottie Courteney Cox broke up a 11-year marriage with a much younger David Arquette, it left many flummoxed that a seemingly steady union had hit choppy waters.

Daughter of the rock and roll legend Stella McCartney refuses to use any fur or leather in her designs. Maybe it is eco-awareness or just the need to create fashion with a heart that motivates her, but the truth is that style gurus are taking the road less travelled and are willing to experiment with indigenous fabrics, yes even parachute material, recycling it to create a stir on the catwalk.

THEY SAY there is nothing like wearing your own label to make your brand stronger and better.

FOR THOSE who were waiting for it to happen, it did, on day three of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, at Pragati Maidan.

Even as glamouristas is debating whether the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week should have been held a month ago, making it a true spring-summer 2011 celebration, day two at Pragati Maidan promised u

EVEN AS winter is knocking on the doors of the spruced up capital post-CWG, the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week at Pragati Maidan geared up on a balmy Saturday afternoon to welcome distant spring with a riot of colours as Hyderabad-based Anand Kabra opened the week paying a stunning homage to his beloved city, with