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Style, lately.

What people are wearing, repeating, keeping, discovering and talking about.

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01 · The Style Report

A model walking the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2024 season
Archive image: runway at Vancouver Fashion Week SS24 (2023), not a September 2026 show · Photo: GoToVan, CC BY 2.0

Fashion month shouted. The street whispered. A look at what actually stood out around the world — and at home in India.

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02 · Bollywood, September

Ten days of Ganesh Chaturthi, and a story about craft: the weave was named as often as the designer.

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Janhvi Kapoor

Double-ikat Patan Patola — the textile was the statement.

Source: Outlook Luxe

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Alia Bhatt

Zardozi on a saree, worn with a structured corset.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan

A mustard anarkali, one pearl necklace.

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Ananya Panday

Yellow Bandhani, turquoise earrings.

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See all six looks — and what we noticed

04 · The stories

Illuminated Durga Puja pandal decorations at Kashi Bose Lane in Kolkata at night
Kashi Bose Lane, Kolkata (2014) · Photo: Prithwish Basu, CC BY 2.0

Style Notes · India

Same Nine Nights, Dressed Differently

Navratri and Durga Puja share the same autumn nights — and could hardly look more different.

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Key Monastery in Spiti, in the Himalaya
Key Monastery, Spiti · Photo: Lifelately

Style × Travel

The Himalaya Walks the Runway

Ladakh’s craft comes to Lakmé Fashion Week in Delhi.

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Photograph to come — an inherited piece, worn today

Style Notes

Borrowed From Her Wardrobe

Why inherited, thrifted and re-worn clothes feel like the real style story of 2026.

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Style Notes

Why Nobody Has One Aesthetic Anymore

On the quiet end of picking one style. Read →

We’re Watching

Small Labels We’re Watching

Five Indian labels building in very different ways. Read →

Style Notes

Fashion Month Couldn’t Agree on the Blazer

New York went bigger. Milan went smaller. Read →

05 · Style in real life

Because style isn’t just what appears on a runway.

Your photo: the packed bag, laid out

Coming soon

What I packed for Spiti

A real list from a real trip: what earned its place, and what didn’t.

Your photos: one shirt, three places

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One white shirt, three cities

One piece, worn three ways in three places.

Your photo: a close-up of the piece

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The jewellery I never take off

A small thing worn every day, and the story behind it.

Photos taken with permission while travelling

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What people actually wear while travelling

Real travellers, real outfits, two questions each.

Your photos: the pieces you wear most

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What I repeat more than I buy

The honest version of a wardrobe.

06 · Found lately

Small things worth knowing.

Label image, with permission

Found lately

Péro

Aneeth Arora’s label opens Lakmé Fashion Week in Delhi on 13 October.

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Found lately

Kartik Research

A label built around Indian craft systems, not surface decoration.

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Label image, with permission

Found lately

HUEMN

Streetwear and graphic design for a generation with global references and Indian lives.

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Found lately

Atelier Vedantika

Full-grain leather bags that treat the marks of the hide as character.

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08 · Style notes

Short observations, worth noticing.

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