How To Rock A Suit in 2026 Ft. Danish Pandor

Plenty of men still wear them. But the suit’s had more premature obituaries than most men have worn one. It’s survived recessions, pandemics, office politics, casual Fridays and even streetwear. Maybe that’s its real superpower, it knows how to change with the times. So, before it gets too comfortable in the archives yet again, Esquire India presents five new ways to wear the suit in 2026 featuring Danish Pandor fresh off the success from Dhurandhar and Main Vaapas Aaunga.

1. DE-FORMALISE IT

Separate the solemnity from the suit. Leave the collar undone, let the tie fall where it wants and throw on a cap. The idea is to detach the suit from its formal DNA, not make it careless.

Style tip: Swap the polished Oxfords for sneakers, keeping them in the same tonal family as the suit. Even rebellion benefits from a little coordination sometimes.

2. FIRE THE TROUSERS

Consider this a sartorial separation of the traditional suit. There is something liberating about taking a perfectly respectable suit jacket and refusing to give it its other half. Replace the ironed trousers with denims and, almost immediately, tailoring loses its corporate accent and acquires a little personality.

Style tip: A pair of tinted aviators in contrasting colour can do more for the look than another perfectly matched accessory ever will.

3. THE PYJAMA COMPLEX

The pandemic taught us that almost anything can pass as office appropriate attire if the camera is switched off below the waist. Halfsuit, half-loungewear became an unlikely uniform, so now we’re simply taking that logic to a more stylish conclusion. Swap the predictable shirt for a slogan tee, choose softer, slouchier cuts and look for fabrics that move easy.

Style tip: It’s the small details that keep relaxed tailoring from looking lazy. Detailed buttons, an eccentric sock or a flash of jewellery can make all the difference.

4. EMBRACE YOUR ROOTS

Modern tailoring doesn’t have to mean looking West. Sometimes the smartest way forward is to look closer home and borrow from a vocabulary that is already yours. Take the fluidity of a lungi, the ease of a kurta or the richness of Indian textiles and put them against something sharply tailored to hit the right balance.

Style tip: Let the palette agree while the proportions disagree. Pair a fluid, voluminous bottom with a sharply cut, structured top. Let contrasting textures and patterns create tension.

5. GET ASYMMETRICAL

Perfect symmetry is for architecture. With tailoring, a little imbalance goes a long way. Crop the jacket, widen the trousers, or throw in a layer somewhere unexpected. A shorter blazer paired with a fuller trouser creates the kind of tension that makes a suit feel current.

Style tip: Don't shy away from the man purse. The right one, structured, compact and carried with conviction, can pull an otherwise experimental look together. Consider this the finishing argument for why the suit no longer needs to play by the old rules.

Credits

Styling and words KOMAL SHETTY

Photographs AGNIDHRA RAY

HAIR & GROOMING: KARANDEEP SINGH

STYLING ASSISTANT: ISHAN SHARMA

ARTIST’S PR: ONE COMMUNICATION

BOOKINGS EDITOR & PRODUCTION: VARUN SHAH

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