Category: Fashion

Lucknow: While fashion capitals like Paris, Milan, and New York continue to dominate headlines with glittering runways, celebrity showstoppers, and trend forecasts, the true soul of high-end fashion in 2025–2026 lies far from these urban epicentres. It lives in the quiet villages of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Telangana, and Rajasthan, where handlooms hum, dyes simmer in copper vessels, and centuries-old skills are passed meticulously from one generation to the next. Rural India, long perceived as peripheral to the glamorous narrative of luxury fashion, has emerged as…

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New Delhi: Indian fashion has undergone a seismic shift, evolving from a runway-driven industry into a youth-powered cultural phenomenon. With more than 380 million digitally native young Indians, fashion is no longer about copying luxury labels or seasonal trends. It has become a language of identity, sustainability, comfort, cultural pride, and creativity, shaped daily by Gen Z and young millennials across campuses, cafés, co-working spaces, and social media feeds. From Delhi University’s North Campus to Mumbai’s Bandra streets, from Bengaluru’s tech corridors to tier-2 cities like Indore, Jaipur, and Kochi,…

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Lucknow: India’s women fashion models are no longer just participants in the global style conversation — they are leading it. In 2025–2026, a powerful generation of Indian models is rewriting the rules of beauty, confidence, and cultural identity with unapologetic boldness. From Paris runways and Milan editorials to Indian fashion weeks and digital platforms, these women are not simply wearing clothes; they are shaping narratives. They fuse heritage with experimentation, advocate for inclusivity, and command international attention with presence that is fierce, multifaceted, and deeply personal. Indian beauty today is…

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New Delhi: India’s college campuses have quietly become some of the most exciting fashion laboratories in the country. Gen Z students are no longer content with merely following trends dictated by global runways or fast-fashion giants. Instead, they are actively reshaping style through sustainability, cultural pride, comfort-first dressing, and radical self-expression. From Delhi University’s North Campus lanes to Bengaluru’s tech-driven colleges and Mumbai’s creative hubs, young Indians are building wardrobes that reflect who they are and what they stand for. Thrifted jeans sit alongside heirloom dupattas, sneakers replace stilettos, and…

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Mumbai: 2025 proved a landmark year for Indian fashion, blending heritage craftsmanship with contemporary innovation, sustainability, and global appeal. Vibrant colors, fusion silhouettes, bold embellishments, and eco-conscious choices dominated runways, red carpets, and streets alike. Events like Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI spotlighted artisans as designers, while Bollywood stars dazzled at the Met Gala, Cannes, and Paris Fashion Week, elevating desi glamour worldwide. Sustainable brands revived handlooms and organic fabrics, proving that ethical fashion could be both luxurious and trendy. From maximalist ethnic wear to gender-fluid designs, headturners embraced individuality,…

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Mumbai: 2025 marked a watershed moment for the global fashion industry. Far beyond the predictable cycles of seasonal trends, this was a year defined by systemic shifts—an intersection of creative audacity, technological reinvention, and an uncompromising commitment to sustainability. As economic uncertainties lingered, consumer values shifted decisively toward ethics, transparency, and personalization, prompting brands to innovate not only in design but in production, materials, and experience. The year’s fashion narrative was not just about what people wore but how clothes were conceived, manufactured, and circulated. Sustainability moved decisively from promise…

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Washington: If you stepped onto any major U.S. college campus this fall, you wouldn’t see a single dominant trend, but rather a dozen hyper-specific, aggressively personalized micro-aesthetics. The 2025 college wardrobe is chaotic, expensive, nostalgic, thrifty, and somehow all happening at once—a literal visual representation of a personalized TikTok feed. Students are no longer dressing for the entire campus, they are dressing like the main character of their own highly specific genre. Here is the real tea, drawn from lecture halls, library third-floor corners, frat lawns, and the omnipresent lens…

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Lucknow: As 2025 draws to a close, Lucknow’s rich cultural calendar has solidified its role as the city’s unofficial style director. From the lingering buzz of November’s Koshala Literature Festival to the much-anticipated Lucknow International Film Festival in early December, these events aren’t just about discourse or drama—they’re where the city’s influential youth test-drive and normalize modern, versatile trends. The result is a vibrant, vibe-driven wardrobe that screams effortless cool, perfectly situated within India’s accelerating apparel market. “2025’s events turned Lucknow into a pop-up runway; what you wore to Koshala…

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Lucknow: Lucknow, the city of nawabs and intricate chikankari, has long been synonymous with refined elegance, but in the modern day—spanning the post-pandemic surge from 2021 to 2025—it has emerged as a vibrant fusion of heritage and hype. Here, fashion isn’t just about clothes; it’s a dialogue between tradition and trend, where small, artisanal shops in labyrinthine bazaars coexist with gleaming malls housing global giants. Together, these forces—humble darzis stitching bespoke kurtas in Chowk and behemoths like Zara or Sabyasachi dropping collections in Phoenix Palassio—are redefining the city’s sartorial soul.…

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