From Saira Bano’s pink negligee to fashionable denim maxis, the Indian woman’s favourite all-day apparel has seen many avatars. But it’s also become the butt of jokes and bans. Sushma Shirsat’s ...

If you’ve binged Netflix’s Too Much, you’ll have already clocked that the new, Gen Z sleepwear of choice is the nightie. The series’ protagonist, played by breakout star Megan Stalter, drifts between ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Emily Campbell received an email from a stylist on a big Netflix drama requesting a selection of her ...

The year was 1988. For Benny NA, it marked a watershed – it was the year he made a major contribution to popularising the nightie in Kerala. His wife Sherly Benny narrated his story. “Benny had Rs ...