India, April 9 -- Beware of looksmaxxers. The trend, in which men have been amping up their attractiveness, is already starting to ring hollow. Who wants shallow perfectionism (surgically chiselled jaws, muscles that take months of gym time, and weird hunter eyes) when the most attractive quality in a man these days is merely that he isn't a creep?

Men (and women) have mercifully given up skinny jeans. And for those with dad bods, regular bulk and real-world bodies, there's more to this season's looks than black kurtas and five sets of the same T-shirt (No, Armaan. Different colours don't count!)

Plus-size fashion in India, and globally, is bleak to begin with. In the Fall/Winter 2026 season, out of the 7,817 looks presented across 182 ...