Journal

Vishu is decided before you open your eyes. That is the thing to understand about dressing for it. Onam is a public festival —...

Tussar is silk — but it is wild silk, and that is the whole story. Almost all the silk in the world comes from...

Banana silk is not silk. That is not a complaint, and it is not an accusation. It is just the fact, and almost nobody...

Aham began in 2013, in Sasthamangalam, as one woman's boutique. Dinu Elizabeth Roy opened it with a fairly stubborn idea: that most women are...

The child wears white. Everyone else has been left to guess. That is the honest summary of First Holy Communion dressing, and it is...

A dhavani is a half saree — and, strictly, the dhavani is only one part of it. The outfit has three pieces: a long...

Kasavu is not a garment. It is the gold. That one sentence clears up most of the confusion. Kasavu is the zari border —...

Cream and gold. That is the answer, and you can stop reading if that is all you needed. The Onam wardrobe is built on...