India, July 29 -- Designer Arpita Mehta made her much-anticipated Hyundai India Couture Week 2026 debut with Ceremonial, a collection that reinterpreted India's textile heritage for the modern woman. Presented at Hyundai India Couture Week 2026, in association with Nexxus New York, an FDCI initiative, the showcase revisited Bandhani, Banarasi, tissue and, for the first time in the designer's couture vocabulary, Kantha embroidery.

Rather than treating these crafts as relics of the past, Arpita Mehta celebrated them as living traditions, evolving alongside the women who wear them. Sculpted lehengas, fluid sarees, corseted blouses and contemporary drapes reflected a fresh approach to occasion dressing, balancing intricate craftsmanship with...