Much like an artisan, illustrator Donna Mehalko adds an artistic value to a luxury brand. At the start of her career, she moved to New York to work with Lord & Taylor, before designing a full page ad in the New York Times besides working with marquee names like Neiman Marcus and Estee Lauder. Mehalko […]

Intricate kimonos, hand-embroidered capes and handloom fashion clothing – there is a lot that the fashion label Talitha offers to its customers. The label, co-founded by fashion editor and stylist Kim Hersov and Shon Randhawa, Indian designer and embroidery expert who also founded the brand Patine, was conceptualized on a whim. Hersov, while packing for […]

Treccani Milano, the artisanal bespoke Italian shoes and leather accessory brand, was inspired by its founder Emanuele Bonasia’s travels across Europe and North America. “But the idea didn’t come to me because of what other retailers across those continents were doing. I was motivated by what they weren’t doing,” muses Bonasia. “I noticed that there […]

Once, luxury trunks were proud possessions of the royal families of India. Now, for the affluent in India, beautifully handcrafted trunks are not just statement-making accessories, but also capture their personality and their taste. No wonder you can count Trunks Company Jaipur among the most coveted of Indian brands, and is a brainchild of curators […]

“The dream is not to own a crown. It is to be a king.” These words by Gian Luigi Longinotti Buitoni, Ferrari North America’s former CEO, hold a deeper implication than most people realize. Years ago, luxury brands offered services like personalized shopping to a select few clients. These days, they are being offered to […]

In the year 2008, as the marketing head of the Indian business house that launched the tableware ..