The Creative Class | Bandana Tewari, Editor

Mumbai | The Creative Class

Bandana Tewari | Source: Johan Sandberg

PARIS, France — Bandana Tewari has made a name for herself as one of the fashion industry’s smartest commentators. As fashion features director of Vogue India, she has quickly become the go-to source for anyone who wants to learn about the country’s rapidly evolving luxury market. Recently, she was named to Industrie magazine’s Fashion Media A-list, alongside other leading fashion commentators including Cathy

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The Fashion Trail | Modern Mumbai and Lakmé Fashion Week

Global Briefing | Global Currents | Mumbai | The Fashion Trail

Bandana Tewari at Lakmé Fashion Week | Photo: BoF

MUMBAI, India – From the minute I landed in Bombay—as everyone here still calls it—the rapidly shifting nature of contemporary India was apparent. Instead of waiting in agonisingly long queues at the airport, I breezed through immigration, customs and bag collection in only 45 minutes. That’s faster than one can make it through most terminals at Heathrow or JFK these days. Outside the airport, cranes building a new terminal towered

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Valli’s Paris emporium, DVF does China, Gilt-edged friendship, eBay buys Brands4friends, Seamless Sabyasachi

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Giambattista Valli Store, Paris | Source: Giambattista Valli

Giambattista Valli: “True Luxury Is When Others Come To You” (Style.com) “There’s something about Giambattista Valli’s clothes that is so fundamentally optimistic, they’ve got you at hello,” said Style.com’s Tim Blanks—and last week, the designer opened his first Paris boutique, in the centuries-old Galerie de la Madeleine.” Diane Von Furstenberg and China: A Perfect Fit? (NY Times) “Today, there are roughly three

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India Fashion Week(s) | Three’s a Crowd?

Intelligence | Mumbai

Prepartion for Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week, courtesy of PR Pundit

This week on The Business of Fashion we welcome several guest contributors to give us the scoop on recent fashion weeks, the IHT conference and local market trends in India. We’re calling it our own India Fashion Week, but as you’ll see, that might be the last thing India needs. NEW DELHI, India — Bollywood, Cricket and Fashion. Everyday these three topics bring to life the popular culture pages of India’s leading

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Sabyasachi’s plan, Icelandic knits, Lagerfeld’s scents, Vegas luxury, Soaring e-commerce

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Fashion needs to change (Emirates Business 24-7)One of BoF's favourite Indian designers, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, lays out his approach for the future of the fashion business. A Modern Take on Iceland's Traditional Hand-Knit Look (WSJ)The Icelandic sweater is a source of inspiration for many contemporary designers in Reykjavik's thriving fashion scene. Block Party (WWD)This fall, Karl Lagerfeld is set to launch Kapsule, a unisex collection of three scents that can be mixed and matched. What Happens in Vegas: $9 Billion Mega Project Ups the Ante on Luxury (WWD)In Vegas, the $9 Billion City Center project, slated to open next year has signed a strong roster of luxury brands including Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. Soaring online sales defy credit crunch…

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