House of Lakmē and AM Bring 5PM Glam Reset to Fashion Week
House of Lakmē and Amit Aggarwal’s AM presented the ‘5PM Glam Reset’ at the Lakmē Fashion Week X FDCI Grand Finale on 18 October 2026. The showcase brought fashion and beauty together. It also explored how women move from work to evening celebrations.
The finale featured Lakmē’s festive HYA Glam range and AM’s collection, On a Day Like Today. Meanwhile, Brand Ambassador Aneet Padda walked the runway. She represented the individuality and creative spirit of the Lakmē woman.
Lakmē 9to5 Celebrates the 5PM Glam Reset
Lakmē 9to5’s ‘5PM Glam Reset’ celebrates the shift from work to evening plans. It reflects how women balance work, social events and celebrations.
For the finale, the Lakmē 9to5 HYA Glam range brought this idea to life. The range offered a hydrated, high-impact glow for festive occasions. As a result, beauty became an important part of the evening look.
AM Presents On a Day Like Today
Amit Aggarwal’s AM drew inspiration from everyday Indian life. The collection, On a Day Like Today, turned familiar crafts, household objects and daily gestures into design details.
The collection explored the move from workwear to evening dressing. It combined utility, craft, colour and ornament. At the same time, it balanced structured designs with a more relaxed feel.
Four after-hours personalities shaped the collection: The Clock-In, The Unwinder, The Escapist and The Socialiser. Each one inspired different design details. However, they did not represent fixed style categories. Instead, they showed how people can change their look and express different sides of themselves throughout the day.
Lakmē and AM Explore Festive Beauty
Sunanda Khaitan highlighted the link between festive dressing and beauty.
Sunanda Khaitan, CMO, Beauty & Wellbeing, HUL, said,
“The festive season demands a seamless shift from daytime duties to evening celebrations, and today’s woman navigates these distinct worlds every day. For our Grand Finale, collaborating with Amit Aggarwal’s AM was a natural synergy, his ability to draw from the everyday cultural elements of India and reimagine them through modern textures perfectly mirrors the dynamism of our consumer. By pairing his visionary designs with the new Lakme 9to5 HYA Glam range, we are redefining festive readiness: a high-impact, hydrated glow designed to take her effortlessly from the desk to after-hours glamour.”
Aneet Padda also shared her views on the fashion and beauty pairing.
Aneet Padda, Brand Ambassador, Lakmē, said,
“I love the idea of a look taking you from a long day at work to an evening out. Walking for the Lakmē 9to5 X AM Grand Finale brought that to life for me. The AM collection, paired with the new Lakmē 9to5 HYA Glam range, showed how the right makeup can complement an outfit and bring a whole look together. I think it’s that versatility, where a few thoughtful choices can take a look from simple to statement, that makes getting ready so much fun.”
Amit Aggarwal Finds Inspiration in Everyday India
For Amit Aggarwal, everyday Indian life offered the starting point for the collection.
Amit Aggarwal, Founder and Creative Director, AM, said,
“Our collaboration with Lakmē 9to5 felt instinctive because both fashion and beauty offer ways to transform and express different facets of oneself. With On a Day Like Today, I wanted to draw from the visual language of everyday India, reinterpreting familiar crafts, domestic objects and gestures through unexpected materials, textures and techniques. The collection moves from the structure of the working day into the freedom of after-hours expression, bringing together utility, craft, colour and ornament to reflect the spirit of Lakmē’s ‘5PM Glam Reset’. For me, it is about finding the extraordinary in the familiar and recognising that while the person remains the same, their energy and expression can evolve.”
A Fashion and Beauty Finale for the Festive Season
The finale brought fashion and beauty together through the idea of personal transformation. Lakmē 9to5’s HYA Glam range complemented AM’s contemporary designs. Together, they showed how a few styling choices can help women move from workday duties to evening celebrations.
Ultimately, the ‘5PM Glam Reset’ placed personal style at the heart of festive dressing. It also highlighted the changing role of beauty in modern life.
