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Spring 2027's Case for Imperfection: Decay Gets Its Moment on the Runway

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Designer Dhruv Kapoor built his Spring 2027 collection around an unlikely muse: the wear and weathering that most fashion tries to erase. Rather than chase pristine newness, he set out to capture what time does to things — the fade, the crease, the beauty in something visibly lived-in. It's a quiet argument that decay has its own elegance, one worth putting on a runway rather than covering up.

With reporting from WWD Fashion.

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