Sunday, October 04
Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the country Saturday, mounting a mass mobilization that called for protecting American democracy from a president whom many opponents accused of overreaching the powers of his office. The demonstrations set off in waves as the day progressed, in small towns and major cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, the heart of a surging protest movement against President Donald Trump. Some 2,000 events, organized under the slogan No Kings, were planned across all 50 states, animated by the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, federal spending cuts and Trump's military parade in Washington, which coincided with his 79th birthday. And while confrontations with police were rare across the country for much
Just back from the Met Gala, where he dressed Shah Rukh Khan; attending luxury conferences in London and New York; picking up the Most Impactful Asian in Arts, Fashion and Lifestyle award at the Gold House Gala in Los Angeles and jetting off for speeches at Harvard and now Oxford, Sabyasachi, founder-director of the eponymous label, is having a busy 25th anniversary year. He spoke to Kanika Gahlaut at his new office in Kanak Building, Kolkata, about his journey so far and what it takes to build an Indian luxury brand. Edited excerpts:It’s been 25 years of your label. At that time, fashion had a certain type of people. You were not typical.Fashion was very elitist then, and continues to be. Fashion in India was rich people making rich clothes for their rich friends. Today, wealth is more
