Anita Dongre

Vegan leather: Compassionate to animals, but cruel to nature?

While the fashion industry has embarked heavily on this trend, the designers are caught up in the dichotomy of using cruelty-free vs. eco-toxic fibres in the making of vegan accessories

Friends, colleagues tweet condolences at journalist-writer Anil Dharker’s death

Dharker was a former Mid-day and Sunday Mid-day editor, and the founder-director of the Mumbai International Literary Festival

Masks to the rescue

Comfy fashion as the ultimate luxury

When the infection storm blows over, designers predict the return of sensible fashion over ostentatious. The 21-day lockdown is a good time for them to show off what stylish, comfy work clothes can look like

Ivanka Trump goes desi, sports silk sherwani by Anita Dongre

Taking a cue from Melania Trump's banarasi belt from yesterday, Ivanka wore a traditional style Suruhi Sherwani handwoven by weavers from West Bengal

Alia Bhatt and other B-town celebs wish Sonakshi Sinha on her birthday

Scores of birthday wishes were showered on Sonakshi Sinha on social media starting from when she ringed in her birthday at midnight

Anita Dongre: Creativity is about constantly reinventing

Anita Dongre will feature on Epic channel's series The Creative Indians, which will introduce, showcase, and attempting to decipher the finest minds in India in the fields of performing, literary, and liberal arts

Fashionistas turn to the filmi world

Fashion designer Anita Dongre is collaborating with women music artistes for a maiden property, #VoiceYourStyle

How the wardrobe of a foreign diplomat visiting India is planned

After social media goes into a tizzy over Justin Trudeau's cultural appropriation, mid-day looks at who and what decides how a diplomat will dress for his India visit

Lakme Fashion Week 2015: The artisan diaries

Serpentine roots of a tree glowed on the ramp, the camera lens in an AV zoomed right into the withered face of a rural artisan, the radiant Dia Mirza spoke of the significance of Indian crafts and models in understated, elegant and most importantly, wearable apparel rocked the runway — Anita Dongre drove home the point to ‘Revive, Sustain and Empower’ with her ode to the Indian craftsmanship through her new collection, Grassroot