Aug 8: The first capsule of Anita Dongre’s Festive Winter 2026 collection, Love All, begins with a simple and quietly radical premise: that the finest love is found between equals.
The inspiration draws its visual world from the tennis court — two players, a net strung with flowers, an elder in silk presiding from the umpire’s chair. But the clothes themselves ask something more intentional. What does it mean to stand across from someone and choose them, fully? What kind of love allows two people to remain entirely themselves?
The palette opens in sun-kissed pastels – the softest blush, ivory warmed toward afternoon, amber that doesn’t hurry. Colours that settle rather than announce. Into these, the house’s craft vocabulary moves with characteristic restraint: Gota Patti that catches the light the way joy catches a room; Embroidery laid across silk with the unhurried confidence of something made entirely by hand.
At the centre of the range are the hand-painted Pichhwais, the work of artists in Nathdwara who have practiced this form for over 350 years. Where the tradition depicts deities in communion with nature, Anita Dongre invites those artists to turn the gaze inward, to paint nature itself as the protagonist. Birds in conversation. Trees that lean towards each other. A world at gentle, unhurried play. Each completed lehenga represents 90 to 120 days of work, passing between studios in Mumbai, Rajasthan, and Gujarat before it is whole.
Alongside these, a dedicated vegan lehenga line built on regenerative fibres, the lightness felt the moment they are worn, the rest arriving at its own pace. A cocktail edit that extends the collection’s vocabulary into pieces that move easily from ceremony into the wider world.
Love All offers no single answer to what love is. It offers, instead, a feeling & space to consider it – in a colour chosen for joy, in a garment held carefully, in the quietude of two people who have found, in each other, an equal.
CREATIVES, LOCATION & EXPERIENCE CREDITS
Video: Soumya Barik @iamsoumya
Photography: Rid Burman @ridburman
Styling: Devanshi Tuli @devanshi.15
Art: Nikita Rao @nikita_315
Makeup: Bishnupada Sinha @bishnupadasinha
Hair: Akram Salmani akram_salmani_artist
Models: Sehaz Sidhu , Sushma Choudhary, Sonale Sharma , Ketaki Pimpalkhare , Vaibhav Anand , Nitin Gupta, Vanshika Singh, Prannav Ratti
Location: The Jaipur House jaipurhousemountabu
Experience Partner: Sawai Jaipur Experiences @sawaijaipurexperiences
Sneakers: Gully Labs @gullylabs
CRAFT NOTES
PICHHWAI
Pichhwai is a temple-hanging art form that originated in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, over 350 years ago, traditionally used to depict scenes from the life of Krishna. Each motif is illustrated stroke by stroke, master artisans bringing alive the harmony of nature and its inhabitants on cloth once meant only for sacred shrines. What began as a serendipitous encounter with the art form inside one of Rajasthan’s architectural heritage structures became an act of craft preservation — translating a sacred painting tradition, historically rendered for temple walls, onto the language of contemporary bridal couture.
Our Bloom Lehenga from the Love All F/W 2026 collection is named after the tender flowering of love. Pichhwai’s hand-painted motifs were always made to catch the light amidst birds and blossoms hand-painted by master artisans. Finished in zardozi & sequins across a light fabric, the lehenga is made for a bride who is conscious and makes her own choices.
ZARDOZI
Zardozi has existed in India since the time of the Rig Veda and reached its peak under Mughal patronage. A form of metal-thread embroidery whose name comes from two Urdu words — zar, meaning gold, and doz, meaning hand-work or embroidery. Once used to enrich the attire of kings, its floral motifs worked in gold and soft-coloured thread were drawn from Mughal court paintings & dressed generations of nobility.
Our Luminous Lehenga from the Love All F/W 2026 collection is inspired by the soft glow of true love. Zardozi’s gold-thread work, has always had this quality of quiet indulgence, its nature-inspired motifs catching the light on a light fabric. Finished by master artisans in threadwork & sequins, the lehenga is made for a bride who doesn’t need the room’s light to shine in it.
CORD (KIRAN DORI)
Cord embroidery is an intricate raised thread embroidery that scrolls and blooms across fabric. Rooted in the royal courts of the Mughal and Rajput eras, it was traditionally worked in real gold or silver thread to adorn the dupattas, veils and head-drapes of queens and brides. Master artisans folded fine strips of metal into structured, shining trims — a hallmark of aristocratic splendour once reserved for the elite, now carried forward as a symbol of nostalgia and heritage.
Our Serendipity Gown from the Love All F/W 2026 collection is named for a love that arrives entirely by chance. Cord’s raised thread embroidery was born of chance encounters between craft and royal patronage, scrolling florals worked by hand into something that once signaled elite status. Finished by master artisans in thread & sequins the gown is made for twilight celebrations.
MAHESHWARI
Maheshwari is a heritage weave spearheaded during the Holkar dynasty and kept alive across generations by master weavers who have practiced and perfected it over time. Crafted ingeniously in a considered blend of silk and cotton, the fabric is soft to the touch and famed for its diaphanous look and subtle sheen — qualities that have come, over centuries, to define the weave itself.
Our Aglow Suit Set from the Love All F/W 2026 collection is named for a softly glowing, quiet radiance. Maheshwari’s blend of silk and cotton was built for exactly this — a fabric that catches light gently. Finished by hand in cord embroidery, threadwork, sequins, and beadwork, this suit set is made for a bride who glows quietly, and unmistakably, all day long.
GOTA PATTI
Rooted in the royal courts of Rajasthan over four centuries ago, Gota Patti is the art of transforming metallic ribbon into something that catches the light the way joy catches a room. Each motif, a flower, a trailing vine, a geometric border, is cut and folded by hand, then appliquéd onto fabric with a precision that belongs entirely to the artisan who placed it.
Our Afterglow Lehenga from the Love All F/W 2026 collection celebrates the gota patti craft. The motifs are botanical and buoyant: florals & vines find their own expression across the panels of the lehenga. Worn against a beautiful sun-kissed blush, this luminous lehenga dresses the most beautiful bride who is joyful and fully herself.
BEMBERG
Ten years ago, we began working with Bemberg™ through our partnership with Asahi Kasei, which marks its 50th year in India this year. Made from cotton linter, the Bemberg™ Cupro yarn is created in a fabric made through a closed-loop process powered by renewable energy. When these garments have lived their life, they return home, biodegrading gently in soil and marine ecosystems under certain conditions — completing the circle rather than breaking it. Beyond its circularity, Bemberg™ Cupro is luxurious in every sense: exceptionally breathable, richly moisture-absorbent & gentle enough to feel like a second skin.
Our Kindness Lehenga from the Love All F/W 2026 collection is named or a virtue that has a beauty of its own. Bemberg™ Cupro drapes with the same unforced elegance, its gentle hand letting the fabric fall exactly as it should. Finished in threadand sequins, this lehenga is made for a bride who chooses comfort & moves through her own day, entirely at ease.