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Lakme Fashion Week set for first transgender model

A Nepali who will become the first transgender model to walk the runway at an Indian fashion show hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across conservative South Asia. Anjali Lama, who was born a man in rural Nepal, was ostracised by members of her own family after telling them twelve years ago that she wanted to live...

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Indian fashion week no longer about Western influence

The month long haul from New York to Paris may be over as the industry has completed another round of fashion weeks but now influences have stretched as far as India where they’re fashion offering is well and truly underway. The past few weeks have seen a grand 123 designers take to the stage India Fashion Week before the crew moves onto Lakme...