Lakme Fashion Week 2026: Themes that dominated the runway (Credit: Instagram/lakmefashionwk)
\n\nIt's been chaos in the capital this past week, though outtakes from New Delhi's Taj Palace were thoroughly coded in couture. The October 2026 edition of Lakmé Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI saw 25 shows and a bottomless well of creative inspiration come to life. Highlights – hot off the runway.
\n\nThe use of colour this time around was borderline audacious – we'd like to think the designers were incredibly inspired by the festive push the fashion calendar was clashing with. At Pero's 'Dream Dress Up' which kickstarted the proceedings for the week, a riot of pinks, vibrant prints, bows, lace and crochet came together in a collection that felt like a nostalgic trip back to the 1970s. There was something deliberately exaggerated about the styling, reminiscent of how dressing up felt in childhood, the fantasy happily beating much of the practicality to the punch – even beyond the evident Barbie reference (honestly done to death at this point), the joy in the Pero showcase rested on the whimsical overexaggerated-ness…
\n\n…which is exactly the sentiment that takes us to Amit Aggarwal's 'AM.IT', where stripes, purples, ultramarines, clashing prints…
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