Sabyasachi Returns to New York, and India's Runway Goes With Him
Seventeen years after his last New York show, Sabyasachi joins the official NYFW schedule for Spring/Summer 2027. For India's models, the calendar just widened.
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The Bride Pays for the Runway: How Weddings Fund India's Global Fashion
India Couture Week closed in Delhi this week. Behind the global ambition sits the financier the cameras miss: the Indian bride, and the season she pays for.
When the Karigar Took the Bow at India Couture Week 2026
India Couture Week 2026 closed on a single idea: craft first. From the House of Rohit Bal's DASTKAR to Rahul Mishra's finale, here is what that shift means for models.
France's Luxury Houses Just Signed a Long Game With India
A quiet signing in Paris ties French luxury to India for the long term. Here is what a lasting commitment, not a one-off campaign, changes for models.
When Couture Leaves the Capital: India Couture Week Opens in Hyderabad
For the first time in its history, India Couture Week steps outside Delhi, opening in Hyderabad at the Falaknuma Palace. Here is what that move means for models.
The Marketplace Runway: Where India's Model Careers Are Really Built
Paris gets the headlines, but with 27 global brands entering India in a year and 100-plus on Amazon this Prime Day, the marketplace is where careers are built.
Bollywood on the Couture Floor: What Manish Malhotra's Paris Debut Opens for Models
On July 8, 2026, Manish Malhotra becomes the first Bollywood couturier on the Paris Haute Couture calendar. For India's models, the runway just grew wider.
The Couture Floor Opens: Indian Design Steps Onto the Paris Schedule
As Paris Haute Couture Week opens July 6-9, Manish Malhotra makes his official-calendar debut and Indian couture claims the schedule, a new stage for the models who walk it.
Every City a Runway: India's First Travel Fashion Reality Show and the New Map of Discovery
India's first travel fashion reality show turns ten cities into runways, signalling a new, decentralised path to discovery for the country's next generation of models.
When the Men's Shows Closed, India Was on the Map
As the SS27 menswear shows wrapped in Milan and Paris, Indian designers and models were no longer the exception on the global runway. They had quietly become the story.
The Other Runway: India's $39 Billion Beauty Boom Is Rewriting the Model's Job Description
As India's beauty market races toward $39 billion by 2030, the campaign, not the catwalk, is becoming the defining stage for the working model.
Paris Calls Again: Indian Couture Takes Its Place on the July Calendar
As Paris Haute Couture Week returns this July, Manish Malhotra's debut joins a growing Indian presence on the world's most exclusive fashion calendar.