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AK|OK by Anamika Khanna Closes Day 1 at Lakmē Fashion Week X FDCI with a Striking Runway Show
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Anamika Khanna had the last word on Day 1. Closing the opening evening of Lakmē Fashion Week in partnership with FDCI on March 20th in Mumbai, her AK|OK collection brought the night to an end with a runway that felt considered, personal, and very much its own thing.
The starting point for the collection was an idea rather than a trend: the quiet beauty of something that feels out of place. A flower growing where it does not belong. From that image, Khanna built a collection where hand-painted surfaces, asymmetric cuts, unfinished edges, and deliberate distortions were not problems to be smoothed over but the actual point. Scars and irregularities were the design. The collection framed itself as an experiment in belonging, where the unusual eventually settles into feeling right.
The garments reflected that thinking without being heavy-handed about it. Draped dhoti pants, ruffled asymmetric tops, relaxed co-ord sets, and floor-length gowns shared the runway, the silhouettes designed to be layered, restyled, and worn across occasions. Nothing was precious. The clothes moved well on the body, and the range between the most casual and the most formal pieces felt like it came from the same place rather than from two separate briefs.
Detail work was generous and specific. Bold floral and nature-inspired graphics sat alongside hand embroidery, three-dimensional embroidery, and gold zari work, sometimes on the same piece. Select garments introduced playful alternatives to fur, adding movement and a shift in texture that gave those looks a different kind of weight on the runway.
The palette told its own story. Soft ecrus and warm browns moved toward dusty pinks and eventually deep blacks, with brighter, more exotic colors appearing where the floral graphics needed room to land. The progression felt intentional rather than decorative, giving the collection a beginning, middle, and end as it moved down the runway.
Menswear made its first appearance in the AK|OK universe this season. The pieces held the same relaxed and elevated quality as the rest of the collection, offering contemporary silhouettes that extended the label's design language rather than sitting separately from it. Khanna described it as a statement-worthy range for a modern wardrobe, and on the runway it read as exactly that.
Lakmē Fashion Week, in partnership with FDCI, continues in Mumbai.
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