Shop Talk

Ep-13 Manish Malhotra: From Fashioning to Making Films

After 31 successful years of costuming leading Bollywood stars and 16 years as a fashion designer, Manish Malhotra is ready for his directorial debut. The finale of Shop

Ep-12 Pabiben Rabari and the Karigar’s Hall of Fame

This episode of Shop Talk features a conversation with the 38 year old Pabiben Rabari, an embroidery artisan and crafts entrepreneur from Bhadroi village of Kutch, Gujara

Ep-11 Pernia Qureshi: The Story of Digitally Smart Fashion

Does great personal style contribute to the making of a successful fashion enterprise? Should one buy vintage fashion for the love of it or to be more mindful? Shefalee V

Ep-10 Ekta Rajani: The Fun is in Us, Not in Our Clothes

Acclaimed fashion stylist Ekta Rajani in conversation with Shefalee Vasudev underlines the evolving contours of fashion in India in this edition of Shop Talk. Rajani offe

Ep-9 Tarang Arora and Bhavya Ramesh: Why Silver is Having a Golden Moment

Episode 9: Why Silver is Having a Golden Moment This episode of Shop Talk offers insights from two jewellery mavericks—Tarang Arora, creative director, Amrapali Jewels

Ep-8 Anita and Yash Dongre: Why Fashion is About Empathy Across Generations

Shefalee Vasudev speaks with mother-son duo, Anita and Yash Dongre, who are at the helm of one of India’s most successful fashion businesses, The House of Anita Dongre. T

Ep-7 JJ Valaya: Why Indian Couture Will Always Be In Style

JJ Valaya, one of India’s senior most couturiers is known to celebrate maximalism in his opulent and detailed lehngas and sherwanis, while his journey of over three decad

Ep-6 What Women Want: Lipstick as Therapy

In the sixth episode of Shop Talk, Shefalee Vasudev is joined by celebrity makeup artist and influencer Shraddha Naik and Darpan Sanghvi, co-founder of MyGlamm, one of In

Ep-5 Payal Singhal: Pairing Fashion with Life

Mumbai-based designer Payal Singhal’s occasion and bridalwear creations accentuated through prints and bohemian details are functional and fun in equal parts. In the fift

Ep-4 Shantanu & Nikhil Mehra: The Indian Man’s New Fashion Playground

In this episode of Shop Talk, Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra, founders of the fashion brand Shantanu & Nikhil, chat about reimagining masculinity in Indian fashion by bringing

Ep-3 Jaya Jaitly: 35 Years of Dilli Haat

Jaya Jaitly, an eminent crafts practitioner, activist, politician and president, Dastkari Haat Samiti founded India’s most celebrated crafts bazaar, Dilli Haat in 1986. I

Ep-2 Gaurav Gupta: What People Really Want When They Buy Fashion

The couturier of ballroom dresses and fantastical gowns who creates glamour and sensuality with his clothes talks of fashion as a tool to ignite sex appeal, beauty and co

Ep-1 Sanjay Garg: The Pied Piper of New-Age Saris

Well-known textile designer, artist, fashion secularist, visual thinker Sanjay Garg founded Raw Mango in 2008. His distinctly handwoven saris, fluid to fall, soft to touc