Costume Design
COSTUME DESIGN NEWS
5 Bollywood movies with the most-expensive costumes and jewellery
July 16, 2025 2:30 pm
In Bollywood, costume designing is not just about fashion; it’s about time-travel, culture preservation, and cinematic immersion. Some films have gone all-out, investing crores for their costume budget.
Costume designer Nitya Bajaj on creating outfits for Jr NTR's Devara Part 1 'Daavudi' song: 'Janhvi Kapoor is blessed with a great body'
September 23, 2024 11:30 am
According to Bajaj, costumes have become more refined, detailed, and modern.
Miss Universe 2023: Designer explains what Shweta Sharda wore for National Costume round
November 18, 2023 3:53 pm
Costume designer Nidhi Yasha, a NIFT, New Delhi, and IIM Ahmedabad alumna recalled in an interview with indianexpress.com, "Shweta surrendered completely to the team. I met and briefed her after the outfit was ready"
'Maisel' costumes enhance storytelling with boldness, color
April 16, 2023 11:52 am
At an October set visit during the shooting of the comedy’s latest season, Emmy-winning costume designer Donna Zakowska gave marching orders to her team in order to translate the characters’ emotions and aesthetic tone of each scene. Over five seasons, Zakowska says she’s dressed nearly 50,000 principal actors and extras for Amazon Prime Video’s hit show, which launches its final season Friday.
'Your skill is recognised, celebrated beyond boundaries': Designer JJ Valaya on working with Ruth Carter for 'Wakanda Forever'
December 07, 2022 8:59 pm
The couturier told indianexpress.com that to be able to work with a highly-accomplished, Oscar-winning costume designer for a project "that is perhaps one of the most special and biggest ones in 2022" was gratifying
‘The Hours’ gets dressed for the opera
November 25, 2022 6:55 pm
While creating the costumes for the opera, Pye found inspiration in archival wallpaper, an English farmhouse and 1990s Calvin Klein.
Mrs India World 2022 Navdeep Kaur won Best National Costume for dressing up as 'Kundalini Chakra'; check it out
January 16, 2022 11:53 am
Kaur's golden costume comprised a giant serpent head and snake-like details throughout, along with a serpent cane -- conceptualised by artist Eggie Jasmin.
'Loki' actor Sophia Di Martino is 'grateful' for her costume which allows her to pump breast milk
July 04, 2021 12:11 pm
"It’s little (big) things like this that made it possible for me to do my job AND be a parent."
'Jaya Ma' had a quirky sense of fashion, was a complete diva: Thalaivi costume designer Neeta Lulla
April 06, 2021 12:46 pm
"She broke stereotypes with her fashion and had a mind of her own. For example, while many carry their Kanjeevaram sari with gajra, she carried it with a bouffant and an envelope purse"
Bhau Daji Lad Museum’s modern wing would be incomplete without a space for fashion
December 10, 2014 10:54 am
The Bhau Daji Lad Museum’s just-announced modern wing would be incomplete without a space for fashion and costume design
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Exhibition is all set to celebrate the life and times of India’s first ever Oscar winner for costume design Bhanu Athaiya
November 13, 2023 12:31 pm
The Prinseps Exhibition: Bharat through the lens of Athaiya is a follow-up event exploring the multifaceted legacy of the creative artist who is said to have invented the role of the costume designer
Exhibition showcases original costumes from Satyajit Ray's 1977 film Shatranj Ke Khilari
October 25, 2021 12:37 pm
Celebrating the legacy of Satyajit Ray, the exhibition titled A King’s Gambit - Chess, Costumes and a Crown, is an ode to the detailed costume design of those times
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