India, July 6 -- Indian veteran designer Ritu Kumar, who styled Princess Diana and the biggest Bollywood names, is facing heavy backlash from netizens after she claimed in an interview that she coined the term zardozi. The ace Indian couturier appeared on The Masoom Minawala Show and, during the conversation, shared that she coined the term 'zardozi'.

History and fashion enthusiasts quickly jumped online to point out that zardozi is a centuries-old Persian embroidery art form that flourished during the Mughal empire, long before the inception of modern fashion labels. Here's what the designer had said:

According to the designer, she came up with the term while trying to name one of her collections in the 80s. "The word zardozi was not t...