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From working backstage to being invited to the front row, Ankush Bahuguna has seen it all! | The Fashion Scoop, Ep 39

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At Cannes, Ankush wore a purple Torani kurta-pajama with ombre brows from black to purple to pink.

Ankush is welcomed as a creator Priyanka clearly enjoys. The mood is easy, more like catching up with someone she has watched online for years. Beauty starts things off. She mentions his makeup advice, including a blush tip she actually tried, and asks for a festive suggestion. Then the chat slips behind the curtain. Ankush explains that polished fashion moments need a lot more planning than they seem to from the outside. Cannes brings out the sharpest contrast. He talks about strict punctuality, heavy traffic, photoshoot timing, and the rush to post a look before everyone else. His team matters here, and he makes room to credit them while still enjoying the cinema, conversations, and atmosphere around him. Then it gets personal. Before articles tagged him, he was writing fashion and Bollywood pieces as a content writer. So Cannes feels strangely circular: the person who once wrote who-wore-what stories is now inside those same stories. He notices the rituals too, from long ovations to the visible love for Indian cinema and the odd habits around red carpets. The episode stays warm. The glamour is there, but the better moments are about work, timing, fatigue, and learning to be honest. By the end, Mumbai sounds relentless. Ankush says he has started admitting when he does not have the bandwidth, even when another event is waiting.

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A light fashion chat about festive makeup, Cannes logistics, and a full-circle career shift.

The episode works best when Ankush Bahuguna connects festive makeup advice to the demands of Cannes and red-carpet work. A quick blush tip, the importance of punctuality, travel, and the pressure to post a look first across time zones keep it grounded in the practical side of…

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