“Every tiger that prowls these silks is a ghost of the wild we’ve lost. Every peacock that unfurls its cosmic geometry is a prayer for forests bartered to progress. And the lotus—no longer content with tranquil ponds—blooms here in fierce defiance, proof that the sacred still dares to rise from hostile ground.”
This Autumn/Winter, Mr. Ajay Kumar unveils The Wild Monarch—a collection where power meets wilderness, and couture becomes a canvas for endangered beauty.
Wildly elegant—royalty is reborn through nature’s chaos in Mr. Ajay Kumar's autumn winter collection - THE WILD MONARCH.
Dominated by rich jewel tones such as crimson, red, yellow, gold, dark green, the collection captures captures the dramatic collision of royal Indian iconography and untamed nature, rendered through maximalist print storytelling —and anchored by regal motifs like the lotus, peacock, tiger, mythical phoenix, and architecture, channeling flamboyant power and poetic nostalgia.
Set against the ornate symmetry of palaces, entwined with wild flora and prowling felines, The Wild Monarch blurs boundaries between myth and modernity, rebellion and restraint, sacred and sartorial. The collection narrates a royal yet rebellious story, reflecting an aesthetic that is opulent, assertive, and unafraid to bloom.
Structured bandhgalas, flamboyant printed bombers, side striper pants, printed parkas, suits, silk kurta sets and signature engineered shirts unfold in lush fabrics such as silk cotton, linen, silk linen, seersuckers, fine cotton with digital prints and layered in engineered motifs and print-on-print storytelling. Zardosi embroidered panels, kantha stitch, applique work enhance the royal look of the collection. Yet, he is aware, responsible, ethical and benevolent. The phoenix doesn't just appear; it immolates every assumption about masculine dressing, rising from the ashes of toxic masculinity into something tender, fierce, unashamed to bloom.
The Wild Monarch is a prayer in print. An ode to the man who wears his conscience as flamboyantly as his crown. He knows that beauty matters, that how we dress is how we declare ourselves to the world. He wears these prints like battle standards, each pattern a pledge that he won't let wildness—in nature, in himself, in the way we love—go gentle into that good night.
In the fading light between myth and morning, between what we've lost and what we might still save, Mr. Ajay Kumar presents The Wild Monarch—an autumn/winter festive collection that refuses to let beauty disappear quietly.
