Highlights: Pune Fashion Week 2014

  The 5th season of Pune Fashion Week 2014 took place from the 19th until the 21st of December in Pune, India. This 3-day event was all about luxury, indulgence, style, elegance and talent. Designer Rajdeep Ranawat showcased a colorful,…

Fashion Forward Dubai Season 4 – Top 10 Looks

Fashion Forward Dubai Season 4 showcased the Spring Summer 2015 collections of 22 of the best couture and ready to wear designers from the Middle Eastern region. I have selected 10 of my favorite looks from this FFWD season for…

PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week 2014 – Highlights

PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week 2014 (PLBW), one of my favorite fashion weeks, took place from the 30th of September until the 2nd of October 2014. PLBW is a real treat for fashion enthusiasts, as it shows the best bridal…

The Wedding Season: Virgos Lounge ‘The Bridesmaid Edit’

Last week my workday at a wedding location ended with me bumping into a wedding photographer, after struggling to get past a white limo that was blocking my way. It was that moment I realized that the wedding season had…

Premia India Runway Week Season 2

Premia India Runway Week Season 2 took place from the 16th until the 18th of april 2014 in New Delhi, India. The Indian Federation for Fashion Development (IFFD) has organized this three day event. This season fashion designers showcased their…

Personal Style: Little Black Sari

I recently organized a personal style shoot to celebrate the first anniversary of The Fashion Orientalist. This is our very first personal style article for which I worked together with a couple of talented people. I got in touch with…

Lakmé Fashion Week: Highlights Summer Resort 14

Lakmé Fashion Week summer/resort 2014 took place from the 11th of March until the 16th of March 2014 and showcased India’s hottest designers. A large variety of summer/resort collections hit the ramp last week, from traditional multi-colored sari’s and sexy,…

Designer JJ Valaya: The Future of The Past

Indian designer JJ Valaya was born in Rajasthan, India. ‘Rajasthan’ literally means ‘land of kings’ which might have been the inspiration behind JJ Valaya’s brand philosophy; ‘We are the new royalty…a new Indian Raj (king) that is determined to spread…

Interview: Dubai-based designer Shweta Wahi

The Fashion Orientalist got in touch with Dubai-based designer Shweta Wahi for a question and answer round. This talented and (very) young designer was born in India and brought up between the United Arab Emirates and Canada. She currently works…

The House of Kamiar Rokni: The Orientalist

The House of Kamiar Rokni introduced their haute couture, bridal collection during PFDC L’Oreal Paris Bridal Week, Pakistan last month. You can understand our excitement when we heard this collection was named ‘The Orientalist’. A collection inspired by Orientalism; the…