Dhruv Kapoor introduced his Spring Summer 2026 collection, Foundations & Futures, with garments traditionally confined to private spaces, underwear, vests, and petticoats. Once marked by modesty or shame, these pieces stepped into visibility as outerwear, recast as symbols of empowerment and rebellion. What was hidden now surfaced, transformed into a framework of strength. Exclusively for DSCENE Magazine, photographer Sohom Das captured the behind the scenes atmosphere at Dhruv Kapoor’s SS26 show.
The collection compressed past, present, and future into a single dialogue. Kapoor drew from memory and cultural references, reinterpreting them through renewal. Indian garments such as the kurta, bandhgala jacket, and petticoat structures appeared reshaped and distorted, their familiar outlines expanded and twisted. By recoding these forms, Kapoor stripped them of their status as relics, giving them energy and immediacy.
Color carried symbolic depth. Drawing from planetary hues described in the Vedas, Kapoor treated tones as alignments between body and cosmos. These shades functioned like rituals, shields of intimacy and protection, granting the collection a metaphysical charge.
Structure defined the season’s design language. Garments acted as architectural scaffolds of identity, desire, and resistance. Visible seams, exposed codes, and monumental underwear erased boundaries between public and private. Gender categories dissolved into fluid shapes, while clothing became a stage for visibility and memory. Time itself entered as a material, with garments operating as monuments to both recollection and projection.
Collaboration enriched the runway experience. Kapoor partnered with Helsinki-based eyewear label Paloceras, whose sculptural frames distorted perception, and Swiss-Nepali artist Aïsha Devi, who contributed an exclusive soundtrack.
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With Foundations & Futures, Kapoor positioned clothing as both reclamation and proposition, a space where the concealed becomes visible and the past becomes material for futures yet to be written.
