A tie is supposed to be the easy part, an automatic final touch. In Vedang Raina’s latest celebrity styling set, it becomes the point of view. The outfit is credited to The Draft, the tie to Viange Vintage, and the image reads as a small study in direction, how one accessory can pull the whole frame into focus.
Celebrity styling that starts with credits, not guesswork
The post is unusually clear about who did what, which matters in an era when so much red carpet and editorial work gets flattened into a single tag. Here, the division of labour is the story. Raina wears an outfit by @thedraftxx, paired with a tie credited to @viangevintage. Styling is by Aastha Sharma and Simran Kumar, with hair by Alistan Fernandes and makeup by Vivek. Photography is credited to Vidhi Godha.
That roll call does more than satisfy curiosity. It tells you the visual intention was built, step by step, rather than happening by accident. This is celebrity styling as a team sport, with every department named.
The Draft and Viange Vintage: why the tie matters now
In contemporary men’s fashion, the tie keeps returning at the exact moment everyone decides it is dead. Sometimes it comes back as schoolboy irony. Sometimes as boardroom cosplay. What works in this look is that the tie is treated as a proper object, not a punchline. The choice to credit it separately, to call out Viange Vintage by name, suggests it is doing real work in the composition.
Vintage accessories have a particular magic on camera. They carry time in their fabrics, in the way the blade hangs, in the way the knot sits once it has been tied and untied across more than one life. In a strong celebrity styling moment, that history reads immediately, even if the viewer could not date it precisely.
The new grammar of menswear images
The most interesting styling today often happens in the interlock between precision and wearability. When a look is built around tailoring, hair and makeup become structural, not decorative. Fernandes’ grooming and Vivek’s makeup credit signals the same thing: the image is being controlled for lens and light, not only for a room.
And then there is the photographer’s role. Godha’s credit anchors the whole set as a photographic project, not a casual phone upload. That distinction matters, because it is where celebrity styling stops being “what he wore” and becomes “what the picture says”.
What to take from Vedang Raina’s celebrity styling set
If you are building a formal look right now, the lesson is not “wear a tie”. It is to pick one element that drives the story and make sure everyone else is styling around it. When the post itself foregrounds the makers, The Draft for the outfit, Viange Vintage for the tie, two stylists, plus hair, makeup, and photographer, it tells you the final image was coordinated like a set.
For Raina, it lands as a clean, modern menswear frame with a vintage hinge, the kind of detail that gives an otherwise straightforward look a second temperature.
Photo Credits
Images courtesy of their respective owners. Cover image and additional images sourced from the referenced Instagram post credits: outfit @thedraftxx, tie @viangevintage, styling @aasthasharma and @simrankumar19, hair @alistan_fernandes, makeup @makeupartist_viveks, photography @vidhigodha.
