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Shantnu & Nikhil Unveil Metropolis, a Gender-Fluid Military-Regency Menswear Collection

It marks a quiet revolution that merges archival military details with regencycore silhouettes to redefine modern masculinity.

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Models in designer Shantnu Nikhil's creation.
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Overview

  • The duo debuted Metropolis today at Hyundai India Couture Week 2025 in Delhi in collaboration with Reliance Brands and the FDCI.
  • The collection draws on military archives, desert culture and regencycore to fuse architectural tailoring with cinematic grandeur.
  • Pieces like cropped bandhgalas, overcoat sherwanis and crystal-encrusted blazers are detailed with pearls, beads and pinstripe embellishments.
  • Its color palette ranges from stark noir and soft pearl to sunlit golds and vintage pastels to balance nostalgia with futurism.
  • Front-row appearances by Rajkummar Rao, Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda and Jim Sarbh underscored Bollywood’s embrace of its gender-fluid, power-redefining narrative.