Popular culture has certainly taken a turn for the macabre over the last decade. With skulls making headway onto the ramp with Alexander McQueen and music’s most fascinating find, Lady Gaga horrifying us with an ensemble crafted from raw meat, what lengths will popular culture go to make a statement? And just when we are having this thought, a young lady from New York, Marguax Lange, goes ahead and deconstructs Barbie in a completely unexplored (shudder) dimension.
This month, Barbie is celebrating 52 years of the doll enrapturing young girls. An …

Nabila talks in headlines. Most of her talk revolves around Nabila the person, Nabila the professional and Nabila the phenomenon. If at all she ever talks about anything other than Nabila, then it is almost always how Nabila views the world around her. No wonder the media loves her to death. Every time she opens her mouth, there is a rippling effect in the fashion pond. There is no denying the fact that she is no small fish in the pond.
For those who do not know her well enough, these …