Gaurav Gupta unveils its Spring/Summer 2026 India Couture Collection, full of shimmer, ripple and movement, that mimics the qualities of the ocean.

Gaurav Gupta's new Sirens Rising features the right amount of shimmer

Gaurav Gupta Couture has just launched Sirens Rising, its Spring/Summer ’26 India Couture collection, opening the year with a renewed direction in Indian couture.

While fire shaped the previous season, this collection embraces rhythm, movement and the transformative power of water.

Drawing from the hypnotic pull of tides and the quiet force of the sea, Sirens Rising expresses water as both metaphor and design language. Surfaces shimmer, ripple, and shift with the body, most notably through glitch shading, a signature technique seen throughout the collection where colour refracts and realigns in response to light and motion, creating a continuously evolving visual effect.

Sirens Rising by Gaurav Gupta features gowns with embroideries, crystals, and bugle beads

Craft remains central to the collection’s expression. Embroideries are ornamental and light-reactive, developed through layered zari, crystal highlights, and bugle beads, with motifs that echo fish-scale formations and marine textures. Cascading tassels emerge as a defining element, including a statement gown constructed entirely from flowing strands. Each tasselled garment takes several weeks to complete, while key embroidery techniques require over 50 hours of meticulous handwork, reinforcing the house’s couture-level commitment to craftsmanship.

Silhouettes are fluid yet architectural in Gaurav Gupta's Sirens Rising

Silhouettes are fluid yet architectural, grounded in classic Indian forms and refined for contemporary occasion dressing. Draped structures, sculpted brocades, and controlled corsetry balance strength with movement, maintaining sculptural clarity while allowing ease and flow.

The colour palette is restrained yet luminous, unfolding through French taupe, mist champagne, antique gold, and ivy grey, elevated through foil and shimmer chiffons that capture light like water on skin. Throughout the collection, Infinity brooches appear as subtle anchors, securing drapes and symbolizing continuity and infinite flow.

The collection has been shot in rocky coves in Goa

Shot in Goa, within dramatic rocky coves that feel elemental and otherworldly, the setting blurs the boundary between land and sea. ‘Sirens Rising’ presents a woman who is confident, fluid, and commanding, where couture moves in rhythm with the body and the tide, shaped by precision, craft, and enduring artistry.

Gaurav Gupta yet again reaffirms his mastery over couture’s elements