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Taking India to London Fashion Week | Ft. Palak D. Arya | The Fashion Scoop, Ep 36

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Palak says London clients already wanted lehengas, but with Indian silhouettes and modern cutouts.

It starts with access. Priyanka wonders aloud about the friends posting from fashion shows: ticket, invite list, or some other scene entirely? Palak answers through London Fashion Week, where her brand, Tabir India, gives the chat a practical route into what happens when an Indian designer brings work into that setting. The tone stays loose and curious. These are the questions people ask after scrolling Instagram and realizing they have no idea how those rooms actually work. Then the London market gets more interesting. Palak talks about visiting South Hall to understand demand for Indian fashion, and some of what she finds feels ten or fifteen years behind. For some shoppers, Indian style still means bling, loud surfaces, cholis with lehengas, a proper dupatta, and the cues they already know. Priyanka ties that to an older image of India carried by movies, brown lipstick, chimki, and looks that kept travelling after India had moved on. Palak half-agrees from experience. A post-show moment lands it neatly: an NRI woman turns up in a bling dress with a bindi and says she dressed like an Indian. Funny, a bit awkward, and pretty revealing. The episode keeps circling that gap between what people abroad expect Indian clothing to be and what newer Indian design already is. Gen Z seems to arrive with fresher references, helped by social media and other platforms. Then the show relaxes into rapid fire: blue as a constant-mode color, a sunglasses emoji, olives on pizza, and the face-wash, moisturizer, sunscreen routine.

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Fashion week access, Southhall stereotypes, and how newer audiences are reading Indian design more widely.

The episode starts with practical questions about how people get into fashion shows, including whether access is invite-only or tied to BookMyShow, before turning to Palak D. Arya and Tabir India after her recent London Fashion Week appearance.

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