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.
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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.
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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.
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Paris Calls Again: Indian Couture Takes Its Place on the July Calendar
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Menswear's New Map: India Steps Into the Frame as Men's Fashion Month Opens
As Milan and Paris open men's fashion month, India's growing footprint on the global menswear calendar signals a quietly historic chapter for homegrown talent.
Couture Season Returns: What India Couture Week 2026 Means for the Runway's Next Generation
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The House Ambassador Era: A New Summit for Indian Models
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Skill Over Spotlight: Who India's Runway Belongs To
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Beyond the Red Carpet: How Indian Fashion Claimed the Croisette at Cannes 2026
As the 79th Festival de Cannes closes, India's presence stretched far past the red carpet, a full delegation of designers, jewellers and models put homegrown craft on the world's most-watched stage.
India's New Wave: The Models Rewriting the Global Runway
A subway scouting that led to a Chanel first. A 21-year-old from Delhi opening Versace. Inside the new generation of Indian models rewriting the global runway.