Since March 2020, the traditional format of India’s twin fashion weeks—the India Fashion Week in New Delhi and Mumbai’s Lakme Fashion Week (LFW)—have collectively seen more changes than in an entire decade. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the physical shows were cancelled and moved completely to digital. But, Indian fashion is not done with its whippy nature to excite and inspire. “This is so big that it could be perceived as controversial!” says Sunil Sethi, chairman at Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the apex body of fashion design in India.

The Winter/Festive 2019 edition of Lakme Fashion Week held in Mumbai