The Gentlemen's Club

We brought together Bollywood’s foremost tastemaker with menswear’s newest wonderkid for their scintillating take on grooms fashion, brands to die for, and living your best life.

- Nupur Mehta Puri

The entire country looks to Bollywood for its fashion cues and Bollywood looks to Karan Johar. Once the enfant terrible of Hindi movies, the celebrated director and TV host now sets the bar for opulent cinematic dreamscapes. When he decided to champion millennial’s favourite menswear designer Kunal Rawal, we just had to take note. Read on for the duo’s take on all things wedding, fashion, and words to live by.

KARAN SPEAKS

WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT FASHION?

The ability to transform your creativity and visualizations into a garment.

ONE BRAND YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO.

Gucci— Alessandro Michele has truly transformed Gucci by giving it edge, colour, fun, and flamboyance—I love every bit of it.

WE’VE NOTICED YOUR EXTREME FETISH FOR SHOES. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

At one point in time, when the clothes weren’t fitting, my go-to fashion accessory was shoes. I like fun and funky shoes; I don’t like anything that’s simple, classic or plain.

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU GOT FROM YOUR FATHER YOU’D LIKE TO PASS ON TO YOUR KIDS?

Amass goodwill and not money. He used to say, “people need people”, that’s the only way you can exist.