If you walked into our store last month, you’d have heard the same question on repeat: “Yeh wala trend mein hai kya?” Turns out, bangles are doing something they haven’t done in years — they’re getting reinvented, mixed up, and worn in ways that would’ve raised eyebrows a decade ago. Good eyebrows, though.
We’ve been watching this shift happen slowly, one customer at a time, and honestly, it’s been fun to keep up with.
Kundan is back, and not just for weddings
This one surprised us a little. Kundan and polki pieces used to sit in the “special occasion only” drawer. Now we’ve got customers pairing them with plain cotton kurtas on a random Tuesday. There’s something nice about wearing something that intricate without needing a wedding as an excuse.
A single cuff, worn well
Not everyone wants the stacked, loud look, and that’s fine. Some of our most-loved pieces this season are single, well-made metal cuffs — gold, rose gold, silver. One good cuff, worn alone, can do more for an outfit than five mismatched bangles ever could.
Oxidised silver, doing its own thing
Tribal motifs, floral carvings, that slightly rough oxidised finish — these bangles don’t really belong to one category. We’ve seen them worn with lehengas and with flowy summer dresses, and somehow they look right in both.
And yes, the handmade, sustainable stuff
- Terracotta, fabric-wrapped, recycled metal
- — there’s a small but growing group of customers who specifically ask for these now.
- Not because it’s trendy to ask, but because they genuinely care where the piece came from and who made it.
- If there’s one thing we’ve learned from all this, it’s that there’s no single “right” way to wear bangles anymore. Mix metals. Mix eras
- . Wear a single cuff one day and stack six bangles the next.
- The only rule that still matters is wearing what actually feels like you.