From Countrymade's sharp meditation on menswear, to Vivek Karunakaran's mundus, Dhruv Vaish leaned into utility with leather bags, long shorts and chunky boots, while Sahil Aneja closed the runway with colour-led accents.
The designer sharpened his signature tension between fluidity and structure, letting sculptural drapes collide with cleanly tailored blazers and bombers that felt controlled and deliberate.
Making her menswear debut by looking inward and inspired by her mother's garden, Payal Pratap created menswear line that revealed itself in inky blues of denim shaped by cyanotype experiments, punctuated with sharp pops of red and olive
Anamika Khanna built the menswear collection on a refreshing premise of perfection being overrated. The clothes favoured ease, sharp tailoring saw itself letting go into fluid drapes and silhouettes. The menswear looks reflected versatility, adaptable separates and leaned into comfort over perfection.
His India runway debut at Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI is understated in the best way. Fresh off the success of showcasing internationally, the collection for men revealed comfort in handmade processes with layers, clashing textures and patchworks doing the heavy lifting. Embroidery was placed exactly where it needed to be and print appeared in restraint.
The Circular Challenge Winner, this eco-conscious brand debuted as an all menswear label that's craft-led, emotional and rooted in community. The collection showcased conscious sustainable pieces like Weganool shorts and jackets embroidered and quilted khadi denims and Korai grass man-purses.
Centred in the geometry of the city, the collection balanced clean cuts and architectural lines with lived in finishes like washed denim, raw edges and laser cuts, while modular layers. scarves and tasselled details added movement and adaptability.
The label treated Ajanta Caves beyond its mythological connotations this season. Instead, it used it as a reference to create layered pigments and carved forms to translate the archeological heritage site into knit-led winter looks.
Anurag Gupta challenged the conventional silhouette through bold shapes that were dialed up in scale with natural fibres and engineered using plasma technology.