I Make Clothes For Strong Women

Over her 45-year career, REI KAWAKUBO has radically transformed fashion. However, as the famously reclusive Comme des Garçons designer tells OLIVIA SINGER, hers is an agonising creative process—and the only way to move forward now is to never look back strong women make clothes forward now is to never look back.

Child-Free By Choice

A cohort of women, a micro-generation in the making, are choosing not to have children. This isn’t a mandate or a manifesto—women are simply beginning to assert their agency and their right to choose. With social stigma still strong, if being child-free is a gradually rising “trend” in urban India, what are the factors responsible, asks Janice Pariat

Neutral Territory

It’s the colour of quiet resistance and part of every minimalist’s uniform. The designers who work with it and the women who take refuge in it illustrate why beige is ingrained in the Indian way of life.

Ocean Drive

Seeking serenity, the larger-than-life designer Michael Kors has created a haven of windswept luxury in Florida, finds Ellie Pithers

How To “Do” Feminism In The 21st Century

From Time’s Up pins to pink pussyhats, the feminist movement has spilled over the red carpet and into the streets. Professor-activist author Tithi Bhattacharya shows you how to “do” feminism in the 21st century.

For The Win

Skateboarding legend and all-round rebel girl icon CINDY WHITEHEAD has started a movement to encourage female skateboarders with her new book. She tells us how the extreme sport is helping empower women in India.

The Smart Girl's Supermodel

In KARLIE KLOSS’s charmed world, fashion and technology collide, making her a role model for the ages, finds PARIZAAD KHAN SETHI

Tough Spots

You’re not alone: It’s on the rise. We’ll help you deal when your face thinks you’re 13.

Natural Selection

How three members of a family—a scientist, a hair expert and a trained Kathak dancer—joined hands to pave the way for a new generation of Ayurvedic products.

The Descendants

Are the Aswanis India’s most stylish family? For the first time ever, Vogue gets PRIYA ASWANI, KARIMA BURMAN and ALIYA MODI, the daughter and grand-daughters of society grand dame Indira Aswani, to come together in a family portrait.

Girl On Top

An artist, an entrepreneur and an agent of social change, ANANYASHREE BIRLA is building an empire for each. SHRUTI THACKER meets the young woman juggling her corporate and creative pursuits, whether starting at 17 or winning big at 22

Frida's Dress

Frida's Dress

Ageless Agenda

Move over, Big F—ageing is all about growing into your own skin. Writer and columnist SHOBHAA DÉ tells Vogue why she’s celebrating 70 with the bags under her eyes, the lines on her face and a new set of wings on her back

Begin Again

All it took SURILY DP GOEL to return to her passion after a two-year-long break was sage advice from her closest friend. Vogue talks to the designer about phase two.

Cause And Effect

What do PAYAL SINGHAL, MEGHA DESAI and KULSUM SHADAB WAHAB have in common? An itch to make the world a better place, one empowered woman at a time. AKANKSHA KAMATH finds out more

Pillow Talk

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON updates ISHETA SALGAOCAR on her mission to create a gender-equal workplace by evangelising the power of sleep

Crazy Good

In an industry that often demands conforming, RANVEER SINGH’s eccentric style is refreshing. Singh tells us how his unique spin on fashion is actually just an extension of his personality and recalls the one time he knew he had gone too far (courtesy Mr Bachchan) 

All In Good Taste

For years, CELINA WADIA has stayed away from the spotlight, choosing to focus on family. Now, with the launch of her fashion and lifestyle label, she’s spreading her wings.

Vintage Gold

The Taj Falaknuma Palace played host to the fifth edition of Cartier’s Travel With Style Concours d’Elegance, hosted by the graceful Princess Esra. RIA KAMAT flies to Hyderabad to step into the regal world of the Nizams

Consciously Cool

An evening gown made of bottles? What in the world is bionic yarn? Vogue digs deep into the story behind H&M’s Conscious Exclusive Collection.

Alia Bhatt: The Most Followed Millennial In Showbiz

Could anyone be cooler than Alia Bhatt? Whether kvelling on cats or spying on Ryan Gosling, everything she does (or clicks) reminds us why she’s the most followed millennial in showbiz. As she models in the Blue City, Megha Mahindru tracks down 50 more reasons to love her.

What Is It Like To Be A 20-Something Today?

What is it like to be a 20-something today? Four industry experts who’ve spun youth culture into profitable businesses share their insights

Sonam Kapoor's 12 Resolutions For 2016

Somewhere between being herself—getting into character for a role, planning her next red-carpet appearance and polishing off plates of chewy chocolate-chip cookies— Sonam Kapoor has a big mission for 2016: she wants to be the best version of herself. In the spirit of pink, the actor shares her 12-point guide with Shruti Thacker 

Priyanka Chopra And The Art Of World Domination

Miss World to box office powerhouse, Priyanka Chopra has always made winning her business. Now, with her Hollywood debut, her transcontinental takeover seems complete. Aarti Virani meets the trailblazing actor who is wooing audiences from Mumbai to Montreal

Katrina Kaif: Rekha Of Today's Age

Intensely private and completely in control, Katrina Kaif is inarguably Bollywoods most reserved celebrity, her well-guarded life more evocative of old-world showbiz than the digitally savvy stardom of today. Megha Mahindru attempts to peek in.

Raise The Mallet

After hosting music festivals and redesigning hospitality, SHIVRANJANI RAJYE— a Cambridge-educated erstwhile princess—is now ready to put Jodhpur on the global map by changing the narrative around women’s polo in India.

Capital Gain

A What happens when a British writer, journalist and mother of four moves to Delhi? Three years on, BEE ROWLATT analyses the tricks and treats of living in a land of occasional dirt and no laundry

The Way We Wore

Designer HEMANT TREVEDI looks back at fashion in the Maximum City in the ’80s and ’90s, when Mumbai was still Bombay, supermodels were the real superstars, and fashion shows were a family affair

The Wellness Gene

Updating our pantry with global flavours, Tanya Dubash is building an empire to satisfy the evergrowing breed of MasterChefobsessed Indian gourmands. Now with a new health focus, she tells Aparna Pednekar  about her plans to take Indian kitchens from hype to health.

Cut From The Same Cloth

For RITU KUMAR and son AMRISH, fashioning a new India is what keeps their 48-year-old label going strong. The duo shares with Vogue how the Urban Gypsy collection, showcased here on muse and actor Yami Gautam, neatly ties together the distinct fabrics of their generations.