Every year, the most anticipated night in fashion arrives like a cultural crescendo – the kind that takes over your feed, your group chats, and your entire mood. Met Gala 2026 has officially wrapped. Of course, I was up way past midnight, popcorn in hand, fully locked in for every single reveal. A couple of Read More
The Met Gala has always celebrated fashion as its most theatrical, but 2026 raised the stakes. With this year’s theme, ‘Fashion is Art’, the red carpet turned into a stage for artistic expression. Instead of playing it safe, the night leaned into bold expression, sculpted silhouettes, unexpected styles, and looks that felt closer to art Read More
Fashion’s biggest night of the year unfolded just days ago, with the Met Gala 2026 setting the tone with a theme that couldn’t have been clearer: Fashion is Art. And while not everyone quite got the picture, a few truly did – turning the carpet into something far more than just a parade of looks. Read More
As the countdown to the Met Gala 2026 begins, the theme “Costume Art,” curated by Andrew Bolton, signals a shift – away from spectacle for spectacle’s sake, and towards something more intentional. In that context, 2025 doesn’t feel like a closed chapter – it feels like a reference point. With Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, last Read More
At Lakmē Fashion Week 2026, Verandah by Anjali Patel Mehta, in collaboration with Lakmē Salon, presented Indigene – a curation rooted in ease, movement, and a distinctly modern idea of resortwear. With breezy kaftans, hand-painted prints, and a conscious approach to design, the showcase reinforced Verandah’s signature: clothing that feels as light as it looks. Read More
Ritika Mirchandani’s showcase at Lakmé Fashion Week 2026 emerged as a meeting point of softness and structure. At its heart, Confluence explored the many contrasts that shape our everyday lives – bringing opposing elements into dialogue rather than conflict. Fluid silhouettes, playful prints, and craft-driven accents formed the DNA of the designer’s latest offering, where Read More
At Lakmē Fashion Week, Shruti Sancheti’s showcase, presented under the Navdhara Khadi special by Khadi India, struck a compelling balance between rooted craft and a forward-looking perspective. Reworking khadi beyond its conventional narrative, she introduced a sense of ease and understated luxury to the runway. Layered separates unfolded with an assured fluidity, effortless, yet deeply Read More
At Lakmē Fashion Week 2026, Chennai-based designer Vivek Karunakaran showcased his coveted collection, Thangam that literally translates to gold in Tamil and Malayalam. This integral element of South Indian culture was the inspiration behind Karunakaran’s lineup featuring local textiles, crafts and silhouettes that are as intricately traditional as edgy. FL: Thangam is deeply cultural – Read More
There are florals and then there are Jajaabor florals that the brand flamboyantly showcased at Lakmē Fashion Week 2026. The collection – Calcutta • Kolkata – paid a visually rich homage to the city’s distinctive soul that has remained unchanged over many many decades. While strong vermilion smeared faces marched down the runway, the audience Read More
Day 2 of Lakmē Fashion Week 2026 saw Pawan Sachdeva explore new ground with Trailblazer – bringing a nuanced take on denim to the forefront through a lens that felt both rooted and progressive. Drawing from the spirit of Swadeshi, the collection brought together the raw authenticity of khadi with the ease of contemporary silhouettes, Read More
The runway at Lakmē Fashion Week took a turn towards France on Day 1, as renowned label Abraham & Thakore teamed up with French lifestyle label L’Atelier 1664 to present Sari’torial, a collection that brings together a seamless confluence of cultures. Envisioned as a dialogue between continents, it bridges Parisian sensibilities with modern Indian design Read More
Aisha Rao put all her cards on the table on day 3 of Lakmē Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI, with her collection INTER-HANA.With everything produced in-house this season, it placed authorship at its core for the label, redefining the way design is conceived and created. Drawing from botanical influences and reinterpreting them through her Read More
Samant Chauhan’s Tracing The Silk Route, unveiled at Lakmē Fashion Week, unfolded less like a conventional showcase and more like a journey – one that traversed cultures, craft lineages, and time. Inspired by the historic Silk Route, the collection reflects an exchange of textiles and traditions, anchored in the pure, enduring essence of silk. At Read More
At Lakmē Fashion Week, Chola The Label’s “Echoes in Monochrome” unfolded as a considered study in restraint and release, where black and white shifted beyond opposition into a continuum. The runway assumed a performative quality, with movement and form navigating the tension between simplicity and complexity. We caught up with founder and designer Sohaya Misra Read More
Sparked by the intricate contours of urban cities, Dhruv Vaish’s collection, The Boy’s Club showcased a lineup of menswear that defined the shifting sensibilities of today. Structured jackets met textured surfaces in an array of striking tones in this collection on the Lakmē Fashion Week 2026 runway. In a fun tête-à-tête with the designer, First Read More