Sunny days

This is one of the very few reasons to like Bangalore, south India. It makes up for having to go home at 11.30pm, dealing with autodrivers who remind you of Sicily in the old days, and drooling over Net-a-Porter because there are two boutiques here where you may find fashionista wear – makes up for it for about 3 minutes, that is.

Walk this way

Catwalk shoes, a sorta modernised Great Gatsby look. Nothing quite like earth tones, no?

Not very tasty

So the Comedy Central channel shows the classic 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'SNL' and even the cute 'My Boys' but do they all have to remind you of Queen and INXS? The shows are as old as dinosaurs. But where I have to draw the line is at the Quickies clip, where a zipper pulls down and the CC logo pushes up hard and fast against each other. Dear me. Something tells me no Indian censor has quite realised what's going on. Maybe they think Quickies refers to an iced latte or chocolate - both of which would take much longer if used in the bedroom, in any case.

Oh, no, Miuccia

I know the brand name is synonymous with high fashion, but this is the reason why I am amazed at Prada's popularity. If you see a woman dressed as an Italian housewife (no, not of the Sophia Loren variety) or wearing something particularly unflattering on her feet, you know where she got it from. I mean, look at the picture. Need I say more.

Fame: a P&L

Fame: a P&L