MUMBAI, THROUGH A LENS

Iconic spots, hidden corners, and untold stories the city of dreams has a little of everything. Over the years, in many tones and colours, Mumbai has been documented in celebration, in mourning, in festive spirits, and in lockdowns. Four photographers reflect on their captures, and share the stories behind these stills

BOMBAY TALKIES

There’s no place else where you can dream with your eyes open than in the City of Dreams. Resilience, adjustment and acceptance, this year’s rising talents and fashion front benchers, actors Mrunal Thakur and Vijay Varma, recount their own Maximum City tales with a defunct vintage Mumbai cinema as the backdrop

Can The Trendverse Sustain Its Breakneck Pace Much Longer?

Can the trendverse sustain its breakneck pace much longer? Three generations of women in fashion tell us about their relationship with trends as we contemplate alternatives for the year ahead

Skincare In 2023: What We (Want To) See

We wrapped up another year filled with TikTok trends (good and bad), grandma's skincare tips, and an influx of new products. 2023 may have just begun, but projections about skincare trends started a few months ago, with dermats and skincare enthusiasts sharing what they want to see in the New Year

ALL ABOUT LOLLAPALOOZA

Lollapalooza is finally coming to India, and these compelling homegrown artists deserve to be on your radar

SOUL TRAVEL

New year, new wellness frontier

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

The seventh edition of the Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards was certainly a memorable night - a celebration of all things beauty and Bollywood icons. Here's a round-up of what took place

2023 A TREND HUNT

If there's one thing that surfaced in our living spaces thanks to the mayhem wrecked by the last few years, it's comfort. It's here to stay. That said, our sensibilities have found a way around the fuddy-duddy makeshift caverns we'd turned our homes into, to open the door to statement style once again. From oxymorons to artisanal, organic, and even \"chubby\" chic, here's a look at what to look forward to on the home and design front, as recommended by our architects and designers

NOT SO ORDINARY

Nicola Kilner on her journey of scaling the business for the most sought-after skincare brand in the world

A NEW RENDEZVOUS

Jewellery label Her Story’s brand creative director, Sitanshi-Talati Parikh, gives us an insight into the brand’s flagship store and the collections to expect

REELS STARS OF 2022

What Andy Warhol once deemed to be the future' is here, and everyone is indeed famous for 15 minutes. What they do with those 15 minutes, however, decides what happens for the next 15, and possibly much longer. As persistent efforts met opportunity, this new generation of internet celebrities, more prolific and disruptive than ever before, took the internet by a storm

A NEW MASCULINITY

A generation of men is looking to add more substance to their style with a pioneering, exploratory, and sometimes provocative approach to how they dress

BRILLIANT BREAKTHROUGHS

Meet the artists and agitators pushing the agenda for forward-thinking fashion

FUTURE FRONTIERS

A new wave of AI artists is creating exciting visions of indofuturism while drawing from the past

THE ART OF MULTIPLICITY

Easy separates are in, and fast fashion is out. Shweta Kapur of 431-88 expands on 10 years in the industry, and where her focus is now

JEWELS DU JOUR

Jewellery brand founder Valerie Messika gives her pieces a fashionable and youthful twist, inspiring clients and celebrity fans alike to experience diamonds in a whole new way

STRAIGHT-TALKING

What does it take to be creatively fuelled and balance it with entrepreneurship today? HUEMN'S Pranav Misra weighs in

THE ART OF SAVOIR FAIRE

When the worlds of Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuit ton collide, the result can only be the season’s most talked about collection that explores the realms of infinity

THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE

Ayushmann Khurrana consciously steers away from films that are an easy sell and instead, banks on stories that engage with the world and the ones we miss between the lines

Freeze Your Eggs, And Live Your Life..

Freeze your eggs, and live your life? Wait, there's more...

How To Get The Best Skin Ever!

Hollywood's top facialist tells us how to get the best skin ever

MUSIC ACTIVISM

Genre-defying musician Anoushka Shankar talks about her upcoming three-city India tour and the world premiere of her single In Her Name'

SYSTEMS FAILURE

Social media's time of reckoning is here. Are fashion brands going to stay put or rock the boat?

INTO THE GROOVE

Babil Khan is simply trying to do his best

STRAIGHT-TALKING

There are no rules for what on-trend is or suitable for an occasion regarding party dress codes. One could argue that we live in a precarious bubble where all sartorial bets are off and playing dress-up is encouraged, feel designer duo Pankaj and Nidhi Ahuja

THAT'S A WRAP

As the year comes to a close, we look back on defining trends, collections, and fashion history-worthy moments emotionally-charged

MEET THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST EVER HAIR STYLE ICON

India's first talent hunt for professional hairdressers, Streax Professional Times India Hair Style Icon, declares the Winners.