Week 2 (Sep 08 – Sep 14) (2025/09/08 to 2025/09/14)
In Chennai, the Kalakshetra craft center convened a symposium on natural madder and indigo dyeing that framed ancient technique as a contemporary design and sustainability imperative. The gathering drew artisans, designers and textile scholars around organic cotton as a material for both cultural continuity and market relevance.
In Mumbai, the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2025 turned the red carpet into a site of fashion argument and reinvention, with Indian tailoring taking on sharper, more experimental contours and gender-fluid dress codes moving decisively into the mainstream. Designers and attendees alike used cut, drape and finish to challenge the old hierarchy of menswear, signalling a more expansive luxury language for India. From sculptural bandhgalas to fluid jackets, archival textiles to precision-pressed trousers, the evening framed non-binary dressing not as novelty but as a credible, market-shaping expression of contemporary Indian style.