Barack Obama has ordered his first new tuxedo in 15 years for his inaugural celebration on January 20, 2009. And Homi Patel, the Mumbai-born chairman and CEO of the leading American suit maker Hartmarx Corp, will personally see to it that the President-elect gets what he wants. The one-button black tuxedo with satin lapels is… Continue reading City-born clothier will outfit Obama: Homi Patel
Category: Fashion
Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it
As India Couture Week walks its way across Mumbai ramps, 80s icon Mehr Jesia talks about life after modelling, why she’s happier at 40 and why ‘in her time’, models were so much more professional She doesn’t read books, no, not even Chetan Bhagat. She doesn’t pick up magazines either — she is clueless about… Continue reading Life, as Mehr Jesia knows it
Wedding trousseau, the Parsi style
Women display Parsi wear at the exhibition on Friday. Picture by Bhola Prasad Jamshedpur, Sept. 19: After wearing saris of Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra and south India to your relatives’ weddings, if you want something unique then head for the Parsi Association Hall at Sakchi. Mumbai-based Parsi community is organising a two-day exhibition in the city… Continue reading Wedding trousseau, the Parsi style
Singapore Parsis Perform at Fashion Show
THERE may be only about 200 Parsis in Singapore, but the ethnic group of Persian origin is making its presence known. Fourteen women from the Parsi Zoroastrian Association will present a fashion show this weekend at the Colourful Heritage event at Fort Canning Park. They are one of 13 ethnic minority groups residing here who… Continue reading Singapore Parsis Perform at Fashion Show
Farzeen Daver: A ‘Sari’ affair!
Not just popular in its traditional avatar, the Parsi gara with a ‘contemporary twist’ is also making waves today, finds Ismat Tahseen MUMBAI: A Tag Heuer watch, Jimmy Choo suede boots and Kenneth Cole’s alligator clutches may all be in the running for the ‘hottest thing’ this season, but also finding its place in this… Continue reading Farzeen Daver: A ‘Sari’ affair!
Spinning the yarn
Perveez Aggarwal tells story behind her creation: the traditional Parsi gara embroidery MUMBAI: She wears her years as gracefully as she does her saris. Parveez Aggarwal became a model by chance, at a time when “there were not too many young women willing to be photographed”. She had just come to Bombay (as it was… Continue reading Spinning the yarn
Saal Mubarak
Today is the Parsi New Year. The first day of the parsi calendar. Parsi new year brings with it the hopes for a new, happy healthy and prosperous new year. A year where hopefully there shall be more good news than negative criticism. The past year has been a tumultuous one for the entire community.… Continue reading Saal Mubarak
