Taarini Anand’s Fall/Winter 2025–26 Menswear Collection Is A Meditation On Contrast

Men in sweaters. In the last few years that has been a shift in men's fashion leaning more towards soft-spoken silhouettes in richer tones, finer textures. This quiet evolution, seen on the likes of Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, and Jonathan Evans, has rewritten the grammar of masculine elegance. It has also brought about a shift in how we perceive masculinity: not as something loud or impenetrable, but as something gently self-aware, intentional, and yes, a little bit romantic. At the heart of this shift lies contrast as wholesomeness; the idea that softness is strength too. This era in menswear suggests that masculinity and femininity aren’t at odds; they create a fuller vocabulary when allowed to coexist.

Taarini Anand's new Fall/Winter 2025–26 collection moves within this very space — a world of contradiction made cohesive through a precise hand and a deeply personal vision. The collection, like the brand itself, is rooted in duality. It is a meditation on contrast: of cities, of memories, of forms. Drawing from the artistic legacies of the Delhi Silsila and the Bombay Art School, Anand’s pieces channel two very different cultural temperaments. Delhi’s grandeur meets Bombay’s transience in this dynamic visual rhythm.

Taarini’s knits are recollections made tactile. A smattering of brass beads nods to ritualistic moments from her childhood, specifically Sunday visits from a local priest. In another piece, dusky tones echo the lingering atmosphere of AR Chughtai’s 'The Extinguished Flame', expressing Anand’s own evolving relationship with the city of Bombay; both home and enigma. These are not literal translations, but rather interpretations filtered through memory and craft.

Throughout the collection, materiality carries the conversation. Soft hand-knits are offset by glossy ceramic buttons. Familiar checks and stripes are softened by delicate embroidery and beaded tassels. Cardigans hold weight; tunics slip fluidly. The dialogue between structure and softness is constant, and it’s in these quiet tensions that the collection finds its strength. The pieces balance classic menswear codes with a willingness to subvert them.

The brand, founded in 2025, is a reflection of Anand’s heritage and training. A fourth-generation hand-knitter raised between New Delhi and Bombay, and educated in Milan, her work is a bridge between Indian craft and European precision. Beyond just fusion, it’s a curated interplay of lineage, experience, and restraint. Natural fabrics, obsessive attention to detail, and a refusal to rush the process — these are her building blocks.

The entire collection speaks to the direction fashion is headed in; inviting a slower gaze, a deeper engagement. With this collection, Taarini Anand positions herself as a vital voice in contemporary menswear — one that understands how the past can be reimagined, how softness can carry weight, and how contrast, when handled with care, can be the most powerful form of coherence.

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