What: Footwear for men and women

USP: This Diwali, Clarks brings in new chic designs in footwear. With colours ranging from neutral black to beautiful bright hues, the assortment gets a youthful tone.

Women can choose from stilettos, wedge heels, slip-ons, block heels, whereas formal and semi-formal styles in lace-up oxfords, moccasin, brogue, oxford, cezanne borteaux, buckle bootis, lace-ups, chelsea boots, hi-top sneakers and loafers in supersleek look and minimal stitching are a great options for men.

The fabric includes nubuck, patent leather, suede, colourful moccasins, and velour; to breathe the decisive feeling of exotic luxury into the collection.

Price: Rs 5,999 onwards

Available: Clarks stores across India

About Clarks: The brand is a privately held footwear business which was founded in Street, Somerset in the UK by the Clark family in 1825. It develops and sells a wide range of footwear and accessories for men, women and children. The Clarks brand is renowned worldwide for quality and style with comfort.

What: Collection of apparel for women

USP: With festival season around, the assortment mirrors the styles from India’s glorious past with an array of traditional-royal designs. Experimenting with the bottom wear, the range entails dramatic skirts and embroidered pants for the royal look. The designs are inspired by the old world charm of Nizams and Awadhs boasted in anarkalis, skirts, shararas, kurtas and palazzos, with the highlight of fabrics like chanderi, benarasi, cotton, and modal. The assemblage also adds the essence of medieval era with the bright palettes of fuchsia, nostalgic cherry, emerald green that are intertwined with old and new design aesthetics for royal look.

Price: Rs 4,595 onwards

Available: All Biba stores across India and online on Myntra, Jabong, Amazon

About Biba: Biba, in Punjabi means a young, pretty girl or an endearment, normally used for young girls. The business was started by Meena Bindra in 1988. She was joined by her son Siddharth Bindra, MD of the company, in 1997. In 1999, Biba pioneered the shop-in-shop concept and retailed successfully through Shoppers Stop.

What: Diwali gifting for men and women

USP: The collection showcases trendy clothes with quality fit, outstanding style and lavish fabric.

Also, one can make a powerful statement with a fresh wardrobe from the brands extensive line of innovative and stylish suits.

Price: Rs 599-14,499

Available: Marks & Spencer stores pan India and online on Flipkart and Myntra

About Marks and Spencer: Originally known as Penny Bazaars, the brand was founded by Michael Marks in 1884. It is one of the UK’s leading retailers, with 20 million people visiting its stores each week.

What: Festive collection for women

USP: The collection offers light fabrics and bright colours, for a vibrant look. For a chic and functional look one can go for drapes with light lace and designs that are modern yet traditional at the same time. Unique Chantilly lace saris with a versatile fabric are easy to pair with any outfit; suits perfectly for an effortlessly classy look.

Price: Rs 7,000-80,000

Available: On intrika.com

About Intrika: It is an online lace designer wear brand, which has a sophisticated and contemporary take on Indian wear, uniquely crafted through lace designed in Europe. Intrika is about creating an original look through a fusion of not just Eastern and Western aesthetics, but is also a meeting point of skill sets from the past and a chic and modern India.

What: Festive collection of saris, dresses and gowns for women

USP: The collection embraces crafted prints and embroideries through feminine cuts, inspired from rich heritage textiles and traditional costumes with fresh colour combination and intricate detailed motifs found in various cultures. The design philosophy translates rich craft and culture into clothes.

Price: Rs 6,000 onward

Available: On popupgalleria.com

About Popup Galleria: It is a first of its kind of pop-up fashion website that offers the latest and most fashionable clothing, accessories and home decor in the form of an online pop-up store.

About Siddhartha Bansal: Delhi based designer Siddhartha Bansal studied textile designing from NIFT Mohali. Winning various awards during graduation, his final graduation collection was awarded as the most innovative collection 07. His label got selected at prestigious platform like GEN NEXT Lakme winter festival 15 and amazed buyers, media as well as fashion followers for 3 consecutive seasons at Lakme and various other platforms like Asian designer week and Blenders pride fashion tour.