On cloth, cut and the small decisions of dressing well — written the way the house speaks.
Where the money goes, why the cloth decides the figure, and the three questions that expose a fake quote.
When to commission a sherwani or bandhgala, what happens if you are late, and how NRI families make the fittings work.
Most tailoring advice is written for London weather. Bombay asks different questions of a suit — and the answers are in the weight and the weave.
You cannot see a canvas or a pattern from across a room. But a hand-cut garment announces itself in five small places, once you know where to look.
Evening clothes are seen almost exclusively under artificial light — and under artificial light, true black is not the blackest cloth in the room.
The house will write to you to confirm the hour.