Hafsa Lodi

'Natural', 'irregular' and 'precious' are the words that first come to Shaha Raphael when you ask her what she finds so fascinating about pearls. The organically created underwater treasures have long inspired fashion, jewellery and home interiors, and th... See more

Where was Verity filmed? All you need to know about the set of this highly anticipated, star-studded film currently in cinemas. 'This place is insane,' declares writer Lowen Ashleigh (played by Dakota Johnson) somewhere around the midway mark of Verity. H... See more

In July, Jane Birkin's original Hermès Birkin bag auctioned off in Paris for $10.1 million (more than AED 37 million), within just ten minutes of heated bidding. There's long been fascination and fixation over high-priced luxury bags in the fashion indust... See more

A crisp white collar stands erect in the centre of the table. On one side, it’s connected to two striped fabrics, running perpendicular to each other in hues of brown and blue. The other side is solid pink. One would be forgiven for thinking that the host... See more

No makeup, no laptop. Those were my rules for my weekend escape to the Maldives, and with the exception of a few swipes of Augustine Bader tinted lip balm, I was successful in leaving these symbols of the real-life grind behind. Liberated from work, peopl... See more