Smoke Lab Wear Launches Genderless Monochrome Collection with Relaxed-Fit Trousers, Oversized Tees

An outfit from the monochrome assortment
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The recently-concluded 2025 Met Gala themed on Tailor-made for You noticed a storm of black and white designer put on on the blue carpet. Assume Jeremy Allen White’s three-piece black pinstripe Louis Vuitton swimsuit, and Demi Moore’s black-and-white striped costume by Thom Browne. Nearer house, Smoke Lab Put on — a unisex trend label by Smoke Vodka — devoted its newest assortment to monochrome. Launched just lately, the gathering “is an ode to readability and distinction” says founder Sanya V Jain, who kickstarted the Delhi-based model 5 years in the past.

The gathering “is an ode to readability and distinction”
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She explains how the vary — designed in collaboration with artists Jasjyot Singh Hans and ‘Llavi’ Tyagi — was “constructed round a black-and-white palette that highlights the shape, texture, and emotion behind each bit”. The gathering consists of relaxed-fit trousers, outsized T-shirts, and jackets, all crafted from breathable natural materials and upcycled supplies. However why monochrome? “It’s timeless, adaptable, and displays the temper of the second. You may costume the items up or down, and that form of fluidity is central to our design pondering. The monochrome edit additionally provides our development, match, and detailing an opportunity to shine with out being overshadowed by prints or extreme color,” says the designer, including how the clothes are genderless, and versatile.

The vary is designed in collaboration with artists Jasjyot Singh Hans and ‘Llavi’ Tyagi
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SIDDHANT VAIDYA

“Trend ought to empower, not label”, she says, “It was important for me to design clothes that isn’t restricted by gender as a result of id is fluid, and magnificence ought to replicate that. By creating fluid silhouettes and adjustable suits, we make sure that our garments have a good time individuality and physique positivity,” says Sanya, who hails from a household that has been within the leather-based trade for generations (her father owns tanneries). “I used to be designing purses lengthy earlier than Smoke Put on got here into existence. SVJ Baggage began virtually 15 years in the past and could be very near my coronary heart. Lately, we collaborated on a Smoke Lab x SVJ assortment, which offered out in simply three days.” 

An outfit from the gathering
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SIDDHANT VAIDYA

Collaborations are central to the label, and partnerships with Lovebirds Studio, Khanijo, and Prxkhxr are examples. “We’re now exploring partnerships with Indian artists whose work revolves round themes of environmental consciousness,” concludes Sanya.

The monochrome assortment is priced upwards of ₹4,700 on smokelabwear.com