Crisis on the ramp

Is the Indian fashion industry running out of creative ideas? The author looks for answers

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Just before the India Couture Week kicked off in New Delhi last month, J J Valaya, one of India's well-regarded fashion designers, took to his Facebook page to write a long post about the sorry state of affairs in the industry today. Titled "Midnight Musings", it was a caustically witty account of what a press release of a "wannabe" designer would read like: "hand embroideries" translate into embroideries done by machines operated by hand, on fabric sourced from Nehru Place (Delhi's export market for textiles), to create lehengas that are over 30 kg in ...

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Crisis on the ramp