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A celebration of vision, voice, and Indian luxury at its finest: Highlights from the Condé Nast India Luxury Conclave 2025
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If the future of Indian luxury needed a playbook, the Condé Nast India Luxury Conclave 2025 just published the first few chapters. Held on 6 May 2025 at the Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai, the Conclave brought together over 500 influential voices from fashion, beauty, design, travel, and more under one roof for a compelling evening of conversations, creativity and evening began with a rousing opening address by Sandeep Lodha, Managing Director of Condé Nast India, who set the tone with an introspective look at the New Indian luxury market and the role Condé Nast has been playing in shaping it. 'It's about shaping desires, elevating experiences, and telling stories that inspire. As luxury marketers, that's our core mission:, regardless of business cycles. At Condé Nast, we useas our lens and platform to spark aspirations.'The conversation started strong with Rochelle Pinto, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue India, moderating the opening panel titled 'Courting the Indian Luxury Consumer.' Joining her on stage were Farah Khan, Founder of Farah Khan Fine Jewellery; Rohan Vaziralli, Country Manager at Estée Lauder Companies India; Siddhartha Sacheti, CEO and Creative Director at Jaipur Gems; and Shreshta Jana, General Manager, L'Oréal Luxe India. Together, they unpacked shifts in aspiration, brand storytelling and the rise of authenticity in tempo picked up with a power-packed fireside chat between Salil Deshpande, Head of Editorial Content, Condé Nast Traveller India, and Kapil Chopra, Founder & CEO of The Postcard Hotel, as they explored the future of Indian Hospitality and the role of storytelling and other insights in bringing out the India the conversation turned homeward in 'Reinventing Luxury at Home', a robust panel led by Komal Sharma, Head of Editorial Content, Architectural Digest India . The panel featured Sushant Pathak, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Stonex India; Priya Rustogi, Country Leader & CEO of Grohé; Yogesh Chaudhary, Director at Jaipur Rugs; Krupa Zubin, Principal Architect and Partner at ZZ Architects; Sukriti Sharma, Partner at Plusch Living; and Frank Schloeder, Managing Director at Häfele South Asia. Together, they explored how Indian homes are becoming the new frontier of design-led of the evening's most anticipated moments was the fireside chat between Che Kurrien, Head of Editorial Content, GQ India, and entrepreneur Anand S. Ahuja, Co-founder & CEO of Bhaane, who had a compelling conversation on the evolution of menswear, the rise of streetwear and the redefinition of masculinity in final knowledge drop came courtesy of Anurag Mathur, Partner at Bain & Company, who delivered a razor-sharp analysis of 'Trends Shaping the Indian Luxury Market,' an essential lens for any brand navigating this dynamic night closed with cocktails, music, and what many called 'the best room in the business', a buzzing space where conversations flowed as easily as the the evening, Condé Nast India's Luxe Takes captured short, sharp video insights from over 50 industry leaders across beauty, fashion, design, hospitality, alcobev, and automotive, adding depth and insights to the powerful keynotes to meaningful connections, the Luxury Conclave 2025 was a reflection of where India's luxury voice is Lodha remarked in his closing, 'This is just the beginning. The new Indian luxury playbook is still being written and it's going to be authored by voices in this very room.'For collaboration opportunities or to know more, click here or write at pr@
