Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) announced new dates for Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012, which is now scheduled for October 8-12, 2011 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event was initially scheduled for September this year. The change happened due to the unavailability of the most coveted hall no. 18 at Pragati Maidan and clash with international …

With the end of its joint venture with Raymond, top apparel name 'Gas' is set to go solo in India, under the cash-and-carry format, as Gas Jeans Private Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Grotto SpA. This way, stores that are opened in India have to take the franchisee route. Gas currently has two franchisee outlets one in Mumbai and the other in Ahmedabad. Within three years, …

Lakme Fashion Week will see a young debutant Kunal Rawal this season. Though he is making his debut this season, Kunal has already a famous name in film industry. The designer has styled actors Akshay Kumar, John Abraham and others for their upcoming flick 'Desiboyz'. Others who are fans of his creations include Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, …

Kabir Khan, the director of 'New York', is all set to present the glamourous Katrina Kaif as a Plain Jane in his next film 'Ek Tha Tiger' pairing her with Salman Khan. Sources also say that Kabir has briefed Katrina to go for a no makeup look, as her character is of a girl-next-door who doesn't stand out in the crowd.

After the success of reputed shows like Lakme Fashion Week and Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, it is now the turn of Bangalore to show its creative best. The much awaited Bangalore Fashion Week (BFW) will be held from July 28-31, 2011. The main objective of the fifth BFW is to create business relationships and to facilitate a dialogue between designers and trade buyers. …

Tanu weds Manu designer Reza Sharaffi has become best friends with Kangana and her sister Rangoli.

Ace designer Rohit Bal will be styling Amitabh Bachchan for KBC this time. With this the designer makes his debut in small screen industry.

Replicas of designer duo Hemant-Nandita's creations can be spotted on streets like Chandni Chowk in Delhi, usually at half the original price. But the designers perfer to remain quiet about it. "It really hurts to see people selling the imitations of our designs so freely, but then how much can one curb the practice?" the duo says. With more and more fashion weeks …

This year L'Oreal Paris is proud to celebrate a decade of its picture perfect partnership with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aishwarya has been an integral part of the brand’s communication strategy across the globe and especially in India; and has also represented L'Oreal Paris along with her counterparts from across the world as global brand ambassador at the Cannes Film …

Amidst all star attractions, including royalty and state heads from all over the globe, one name that ruled the 'red carpet' and the wedding venue, quite silently that too, was that of star hat designer Phillip Treacy. Seen in shades of the vibrant, the subtle and the shocking, Treacy hats adorned the A-list heads quite prim and perfect, in all possible styles and …