Features

Art deco dressing returns this fall with beads, fringe and feathers, giving Indian labels a ready story through Mumbai’s Indo-Deco heritage and embellishment craft.

Opera dressing replaces quiet luxury as fashion’s new mood, with theatrical coats and shawls echoing India’s velvet, brocade and embroidery-rich festive wear.

Sweaters move into evening for A/W 2026, with Dries Van Noten and Chloé leading globally while Indian craft-led knitwear labels offer experimental, handmade takes.

The cummerbund returns for S/S 2027 after scarf and chain belts, a waist accessory with Indian roots in the kamarband and echoes across Indian menswear and bridalwear.

There’s no universal CAC benchmark in fashion, but there is a consistent framework underneath the disagreement: contribution margin (the money left from a sale after paying the variable costs of making and selling the product), average transaction size, repeat-purchase behaviour, channel quality, and how long a business can wait to recover what it spent.

Coats® Ultimax™ 81 is a multi-ply, air-core polyester thread with a completely hair-free surface. The air-core filament locking mechanism uses turbulent air rather than twist, resulting in a thread that eliminates the fiber protrusions found in conventional threads.

We spoke to Vinay Chatlani, Co-Founder & CEO, SOCH; Siddharth Bindra, Managing Director, BIBA; Ranganath Kuppur, CEO, Globus Fashion; Sidhant Keshwani, Founder & CEO. Libas: Gaurang Galiya, Founder & Director at Riyaasat Lifestyle Ltd.; and Keshav Gupta, Founder & Designer, Jorah Men to understand what is really driving India's Indo-Western opportunity—from changing consumer profiles and product preferences to spending patterns, demand drivers and the gaps brands are now looking to fill.

Pumpkin and rust orange warm up A/W 2026, with Indian labels from Fabindia to Raw Mango already working the shade across festive, craft and everyday wear.

Slate grey softens A/W 2026 dressing as a quieter alternative to black, with Indian labels offering it across tailoring, kurta sets and menswear.