Worth the wait

From playground swings to a petal-strewn paradise, Zara Peerzada and Sarwan Saleh's childhood love story culminated in a wedding that swapped the transience of trends in favour of the transcendence of tradition

Tale as old as time

Cradled in the boundless imagination of a new generation of Muslims, the traditional nikah ceremony is now infused with a fresh foil of contemporary candour

This Is Not A Comeback

Since her Instagram debut earlier this year, ZEENAT AMAN has charmed cinephiles and netizens alike with her eloquence, wit and honesty, emerging as a sincere voice in a sea of sanitised, monetised celebrity feeds. Naturally, her audience craves more. In a diary-style entry for Vogue India, she pulls back the curtain on her life a little more, penning her own story with the trademark lyricism that everyone has come to know and love.

The bigger picture

Photographer Tara Laure Claire's staged photographs pay homage to India's kitschy photo studios from a bygone era that provided a backdrop to many family portraits, finds SHRIYA ZAMINDAR

For art's sake

From chairs at Loewe to giant metal globules at Louis Vuitton, offbeat oddities have once again become the fanciful dreams of design houses. With this artier pursuit, wonders SHRIYA ZAMINDAR, has fashion finally rediscovered its escapist beginnings?

Ahead of its time

For over a century, Omega has been creating compelling watches for women. The Her Time retrospective exhibition reflects on timepieces that started the dialogue of gender politics with this practical accessory.

The joy of gems

On a special sourcing trip to India, Lucia Silvestri, the creative director of jewellery at Bulgari, talks technological innovations, 75 years of the Serpenti, and why Jaipur is the seat of all her inspirations.

Future Nostalgia

Nineties beauty makes a triumphant return by way of Bollywood and finds its muse in the decade's most iconic faces.

Wind At Her Back

It may seem like no time has passed between having her baby and returning to the screen, but Alia Bhatt has quietly been centring herself and building a new life with her five-month-old daughter Raha and husband Ranbir Kapoor in tow.

Don't Tame Your Mane

In talking about embracing her wild hair, Madhushree Ghosh spotlights a cultural shift in beauty perceptions

A Tale of Three Cities

Since moving to Los Angeles in 2012, designer and former Miss India Neha Kapur has carved out a fresh identity. Now, in her recently finished New Delhi nest, she reflects on the past decade and how life has finally come full circle.

BORN TO MOVE

Rukmini Vijayakumar’s Bharatanatyam practice is a spiritual investigation that honours tradition while reaching for contemporary cultural consciousness.

A thing of beauty

Paintbrush colours and products that are objects for holding, collecting and cherishing-when Hermès does beauty a whole world of makeup is uncovered. AKANKSHA KAMATH speaks to Gregoris Pyrpylis on the eve of the brand's beauty launch in India

Root Cause

On the runway and the red carpet, hair colour upkeep has taken a downturn. HANNA HANRA skips the salon and gets real on regrowth

Gains and Losses

For years, women have been warned that their metabolism will inevitably slow as they get older. Does a groundbreaking new study change the equation?

Postcard from paradise

Newlyweds Tamanna Malhotra and Daniel Mullen, who outpaced an Italian thunderstorm during their East-meets-West wedding, are proof that love really does conquer all.

Two for the road

Secluded during their honeymoon at a desert camp inspired by the royal caravan sites of Rajputana, AKANKSHA KAMATH and her longtime beau uncovered a whole new perspective

The Perfect Union

For her wedding wardrobe, Palak Shah of Ekaya Banaras looked to kindred spirits from the design world to create custom confections, finds CHLOE CHOU

Decades of diamonds

Meet the alchemists of the Indian jewellery space who are navigating old-world artistry with technique-focused modern heirlooms.

Thread bare

What constitutes home? Actor Joyeeta Dutta holds on to her mother's mekhela chador saris, among other memorabilia, as a visceral reminder of home, finds KARUNA EZARA PARIKH.

THE GATEWAY OF FASHION

Through Chanakya School of Craft's body of work for Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri has brought Indian craftsmanship into the global conversation. For Dior's collaboration with Vogue India, she and Chanakya's Karishma Swali talk to Megha Kapoor about juggling craft and cut, and navigating the line between culture appropriation and appreciation.

INTO THE CRAFT

For a special project that highlights the hands behind the craft, photographers MATHIEU RICHER MAMOUSSE and NAVELI CHOYAL turn documentarians in an attempt to humanise the clothes we love and wear. Here, the latter shares her experiences with Vogue India

What Is It About Seoul That Has The World In Its Thrall?

Seoul is tomorrow land, teeming with models, actors, activists, and musicians who are breaking moulds and leaning into what's now and what's next. MONICA KIM takes stock of a brave new world.

Do You Have Filter Fatigue?

Do you have filter fatigue? You're not alone. This season, designers are reflecting our decidedly flawed world with perfectly imperfect pieceswhich just so happen to be among their most creative (and most beautiful).

The Life Aquatic

The reinvention of a waterfront retreat in New York became an occasion to envision a miniature village-elegant and easygoing at the same time. CHLOE SCHAMA pays a visit.

Crowning glory

Naomi Campbell has been ruling the world's most prestigious runways for decades. With India on her vision board, the catwalk veteran discusses her new legacy, wearing saris and knocking on fashion's doorstep for a cultural reckoning.

Queens of Greens

Amidst the unrelenting torrent of redevelopment and construction projects across Mumbai, five women well into their retirement years have been toiling over the preservation of a botanical garden in Byculla.

Strokes of genius

Through an oeuvre that reflects the innate love she feels for her Indian roots, painter Joya Mukerjee Logue proves that home is where the art is.

Magnificent Obsession

In Mumbai, a monumental fashion exhibition charts the MARLEY MARIUS

The Fearless Disruptor

T. Venkanna's ferociously beautiful artworks hint at his prodigious brilliance,