'I LIKE TO CREATE WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS'

For Dhruv Kapoor, a decade in fashion deserves one of his biggest shows during Milan Fashion Week yet, a special collection to commemorate the milestone, and an anniversary show to clinch it all at home.

- AKANKSHA KAMATH

Dhruv Kapoor is a modern-day sage. He meditates for an hour every night, his collections are surprisingly named after supernatural symbolisms [Fantasms' and 'The Seeker'], he's currently reading the Gita, and the colour purple [associated with the crown chakra] finds its way into every collection. "It's my favourite colour," he purrs at the end of a tiring show day at Milan Fashion Week. The show he's just wrapped up to resounding applause marks his fourth on schedule show in the fashion capital and ancient source of luxury. The brand has been presenting on schedule since 2019.

It's a sunny morning in Milan and the show location for Dhruv's latest Autumn/ Winter 2024 collection is Foro Buonaparte where the paparazzi are lined up for a few blocks to catch glimpses of show frow-ersMarc Forne, Bryan Yambao [aka Bryan Boy], Tamu McPherson, Anna Dello Russo, Caroline Daur and musician Levante. "This was our biggest yet," he says post show."We had a lot of internal shifts in terms of the production, and I could see the difference. I was very happy with the people who could make it. We had some really good faces."