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Fashion One Dish Out The Most Notorious Fashion Feuds Over The Recent Years
MUMBAI: In an industry packed with eccentric and passionate people with strong and often egocentric personalities, the fashion world is like a soap opera, full of drama and with never-ending catty remarks. Fashion One, the premiere international channel for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle, serves up another batch of the hair-grabbing, face-scratching, icicle-shooting high profile clashes in Fashion Feuds.
Past grudges, highly publicized scuffles, and fashion controversies are in abundance that listing them out needs more than one serving. Fashion Feuds is an ongoing series that dishes out the biggest and most notorious catfights in the fashion industry that had kept the press and fans entertained throughout the years. Get the juicy details and quotes straight from the protagonists of these feuds themselves. From top fashion designers calling each others names, to a top model falling asleep during an interview called out by journalists, and a music star turned fashion designer that just doesn’t seem to get along well with others, get the back stories and play-by-play account of these events.
“[Chloé] should have taken a big name. They did, but in music, not fashion. Let’s hope she is as gifted as her father.” – Karl Lagerfeld on Stella McCartney’s appointment at Chloé.
Feuds featured are:
Anna Wintour and Lady Gaga’s Diva Battle
Karl Lagerfeld dissing Stella McCartney… twice
Roberto Cavalli calling Giorgio Armani ‘Little King’
Naomi Campbell calls Victoria Beckham ‘racist’
Cara Delevingne falling asleep during a Vogue interview
Kanye West against the world.
“Feuds are always present especially in a very competitive industry such as the world of fashion,” explains executive producer, Ashley Jordan, “We may love them or hate them but either way, they do invoke human interest, and that’s what we are giving our viewers”
Fashion Feuds telecasts on October 14, Tuesday at 21:30 (GMT+8 for Asia / GMT+2 for the rest of Europe), exclusively on Fashion One and Fashion One HD. Check your cable operators for your local TV channel listing.
Fashion Feuds is a Fashion One original series. The show is created by executive producers Michael Gleissner and Ashley Jordan, with Aida Murgia as producer.
Event Coverage
Anime India announces Amazon MX Player as co-presenting partner for Anime India Kolkata 2026
MUMBAI: Riding high on the success of its blockbuster Mumbai debut, Anime India is accelerating its nationwide expansion with the announcement of Amazon MX Player as the co-presenting partner for Anime India Kolkata. The partnership marks a significant step forward in the festival’s mission to deliver large-scale, accessible, and fan-first anime experiences across the country.
Scheduled for 14 and 15 February 2026 at the iconic Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan, Anime India Kolkata will launch the first regional chapter of what is set to be a year-long, multi-city tour. As the curtain-raiser for the 2026 circuit, the Kolkata edition aims to fuse the energy of global Japanese pop culture with India’s fast-growing community of anime, manga, and pop-culture fans.
A household name in digital entertainment, Amazon MX Player brings unmatched reach and cultural relevance to the Anime India platform. With its expanding focus on anime and youth-driven content, Amazon MX Player’s involvement as co-presenting partner reinforces Anime India’s vision of making anime culture more inclusive breaking barriers of language, geography, and accessibility to connect with fans nationwide.
Anime India Kolkata 2026 will showcase cosplay competitions, interactive zones led by the Indian Gunpla Community, India-39 Vocaloid Community, The Japan Curry, and Adda-o-Otaku by The Otaku Guild. Fans can join tournaments across fighting games, Pokémon VGC, and more. Acclaimed Japanese director Susumu Mitsunaka (Haikyu!!) will attend as guest of honour, appearing in panels and live sessions. Positioned as an immersive celebration of fan culture and industry collaboration, the Kolkata edition marks the beginning of Anime India’s nationwide expansion.
Sharing their perspective on the partnership, Amazon MX Player director Aruna Daryanani expressed, “Anime in India has evolved from a niche interest into a mainstream cultural movement, driven by an increasingly engaged and passionate fanbase. At Amazon MX Player, our focus is on expanding access by bringing anime to audiences across the country for free and in multiple local languages. Our association with Anime India reflects our commitment to supporting the growth of anime in India and deepening connections with fans, while continuing to build Amazon MX Player as a trusted destination for free, high-quality entertainment.”
“Anime India Kolkata is a celebration of how anime has grown beyond entertainment into a powerful cultural and creative force. By bringing fans, creators, and industry leaders onto one shared platform, the festival is helping define the future of pop culture in India,” said Anime India co-founder and director Neha Mehta.
The debut edition of Anime India 2025 in Mumbai attracted over 29,000 fans, quickly cementing its status as a landmark celebration of anime and Japanese pop culture. Riding on this overwhelming response, the Kolkata chapter is projected to draw more than 40,000 visitors across two days, positioning it as one of the biggest anime conventions ever held in eastern India.
Anime India is focused on bringing together fans from across the country to create a truly pan-India celebration of anime, manga, cosplay, gaming, and Japanese culture. With plans to expand into four key metropolitan hubs in 2026—east (Kolkata), north (Delhi), west (Mumbai), and south (Hyderabad)—the festival seeks to deliver globally benchmarked experiences while supporting and uplifting creators, artists, and fan communities throughout India.
