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Among the newer names at Milan Fashion Week, Dhruv Kapoor stands out as an Indian label that grows from local soil without locking itself into the usual \u201cIndian codes\u201d. Founded in 2013 by designer Dhruv Kapoor, the brand first tested the waters with a capsule collection shown in Mumbai, before steadily building its presence in Milan with a gender-fluid, tailored\u2011meets\u2011street silhouette that caught buyers\u2019 and editors\u2019 attention. In recent years, Kapoor has been pushing Indian craft into a more contemporary framework while strengthening his home market; the brand now enjoys a solid base in India, and both he and his team have appeared in multiple \u201cdesigner of the year\u201d and \u201cyoung talent\u201d lists across fashion and lifestyle media.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Turning \u201cIn-Between\u201d Time into a Wardrobe\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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For Fall Winter 26\u201327, Dhruv Kapoor turns to the in\u2011between: spaces defined by passage rather than arrival. The collection is anchored between rest and motion, shaped by simple observations made in transit environments\u2014airports, hotel lobbies, corridors, stairwells and elevators, places designed for movement and pause where time is spent in between rather than at a destination. In these spaces, different moods sit side by side: urgency and waiting, fatigue and alertness, stillness and movement. People rarely talk; instead, their posture, pace and clothes shift almost unconsciously. For Kapoor, these invisible emotional states become the starting point: how can this unresolved moment be translated into garments?<\/p>

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\u201cThe key this season is how people dress while they are in transition.\u201d In a single waiting area, you might see a sharp business suit on its way to a meeting, a tracksuit just off a long\u2011haul flight and something that already looks close to loungewear. This clash of dress codes forms the backbone of the collection. On the runway, that approach appears as pairings built around tension\u2014business with leisure, casual with refined, clumsy with sharp\u2014deliberately avoiding a neat image of \u201carrival\u201d and staying in the unsettled space of \u201cstill on the way\u201d.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To keep the clothes visually \u201cin transit\u201d, Dhruv Kapoor leans into deliberate incompletion. Raw hems, unfinished hand embroideries and lived\u2011in creases depict the garments in motion rather than at rest, echoing bodies that are constantly adjusting as they move through these spaces. Prints extend this approach: they are built from hand\u2011drawn graphics with visible draft layers and unfinished patterns, so the sketch and the process remain part of the final image instead of being polished away. Several jackets also feature cut\u2011out holes along the collar, designed for the wearer to hang their own objects\u2014keys, earbuds, charms\u2014allowing each person to add small, personal markers to the silhouette.<\/p>

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Materially, the collection follows the same logic of tension and balance. The palette moves through sharp neutrals, uniform tones, grounded shades and dusty colours, punctuated by unexpected brights. Fabrics mirror this: padded nylons, bonded leather, silk, denim, cashmere, cotton and handwoven wool sit between refinement and wear, weight and lightness, protection and exposure. The clothes are meant to be shaped by use, by adjustment, by movement rather than by perfect finishes\u2014they are designed to respond to how they are worn, folded, packed and handled over time. Within this framework, a silver slip dress covered in countless metal pieces and completed over roughly 560 hours underscores the brand\u2019s commitment to painstaking craftsmanship, placing a highly worked piece inside an otherwise deliberately unresolved visual language.<\/p>

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Another key story comes from leather developed in\u2011house. By shrinking and embossing sheepskin, the team creates a surface that visually recalls the density of elephant skin while remaining unexpectedly light to wear. As operations director Savleen Bindra explains, the goal is to shift perception: when a biker jacket looks heavy but feels light, that split\u2011second of surprise becomes part of the experience Dhruv Kapoor wants to build into the clothes.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the runway, thick\u2011framed glasses on models extend a recurring visual motif for the brand: a simple styling choice that reinforces the act of looking. In the context of this collection, they underline the fact that these in\u2011between spaces are not just corridors for movement, but places where people quietly observe the world and themselves from their own vantage points.<\/p>

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In a landscape where Indian labels are often expected to foreground craft above all else, Dhruv Kapoor chooses a different route: the craft is present, and it is highly accomplished, but it is embedded in a language that feels global, urban and emotionally specific rather than purely heritage\u2011driven. This decision has earned the brand not only international recognition but also a strong base at home. As Savleen Bindra notes, \u201caround 60% of our revenue currently comes from the Indian market. You have to keep giving people something new. It takes time to be accepted, but once they understand this is the DNA of the brand, the recognition follows.\u201d In a world that feels increasingly fractured, these in\u2011between spaces become brief points of connection where different lives cross paths, move apart and keep going\u2014and this season, Dhruv Kapoor turns that fleeting, unresolved time into something you can actually wear.\u200b<\/span><\/p>

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