The Grand Finale will take place at Taj Palace, New Delhi, on October 18, 2026

The transition from the workday to the evening is rarely as simple as changing an outfit. It is a shift in energy, mood and expression—and this season, Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI is bringing that transition to the runway.

The House of Lakmé has announced that designer Amit Aggarwal will present the latest collection from his prêt label AM.IT at the Grand Finale on October 18 at Taj Palace, New Delhi.

The collaboration brings together fashion and beauty around the idea of the ‘5PM Glam Reset’—a moment when the precision and structure of the working day give way to colour, texture, expression and evening glamour.

When the workday gives way to the evening

For Lakmé 9to5, the idea of the modern woman has always been rooted in movement. Her day may move between meetings, work, social commitments and celebrations, with little time to completely reinvent her look between each setting.

The brand’s ‘5PM Glam Reset’ builds on this reality, positioning beauty as something that can shift with her rather than require a complete transformation.

For the Grand Finale, AM.IT approaches the same idea through clothing.

The collection explores the movement between structure and ease, restraint and expression, and the familiar and unexpected—allowing pieces associated with the working day to evolve as the evening begins.

Amit Aggarwal brings AM.IT back to the runway

For Amit Aggarwal, the collaboration also marks an important moment for AM.IT, his prêt label.

Drawing from the research, experimentation and material language associated with his couture practice, AM.IT translates that design vocabulary into a more immediate wardrobe.

The collection takes inspiration from the visual landscape of everyday India—where craft, concrete, colour, utility and ornament coexist.

These everyday references form what the brand describes as an unconscious visual archive, informing the collection’s approach to colour, proportion, texture and form.

As the day progresses, these elements begin to shift. Tailoring loosens, colour becomes more pronounced and familiar pieces acquire a different character.

The transformation is therefore not presented as becoming someone else, but as revealing another dimension of the same person.

Fashion and beauty meet at 5PM

The runway collaboration brings fashion and beauty together around a shared idea: transformation does not necessarily need to mean reinvention.

Sunanda Khaitan, CMO, Beauty & Wellbeing, HUL, described the partnership as an exploration of how fashion and beauty can respond to the changing rhythm of a woman’s day.

“Lakmé 9to5 has always mirrored the real pulse of a woman’s life, acknowledging that her energy shifts across the day, especially past 5 PM,” Khaitan said.

She added that Amit Aggarwal’s structured yet fluid silhouettes allow the runway to explore this transition while complementing Lakmé 9to5’s Hya Glam range.

The beauty collection brings a focus on hydration and glow, creating a beauty counterpart to AM.IT’s movement between structure and fluidity.

A wardrobe that moves with you

For Amit Aggarwal, the idea behind the collection comes down to continuity.

“Both fashion and beauty have the power to transform without asking you to become someone else. They simply reveal another side of you,” he said.

That philosophy runs through the collection, which begins with the discipline of the day before gradually opening up through colour, texture, material and silhouette.

The result is intended to reflect a contemporary wardrobe that doesn’t require a complete reset every time the setting changes.

Instead, the same clothes—and the same woman—move seamlessly from one part of the day into another.

The Grand Finale

The Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI Grand Finale will bring together AM.IT’s fashion language and Lakmé 9to5’s beauty proposition around the idea of the evening reset.

Set against the backdrop of Taj Palace, New Delhi, on October 18, the showcase promises a meeting of couture-inspired experimentation, prêt dressing and beauty designed for the hours after five.

And at the centre of it is a distinctly contemporary idea of glamour: not a transformation into someone new, but the freedom to express another side of who you already are.