Big Hello, a specialty fashion brand for plus-sized people, has today announced the inauguration of its first retail experience store in Phoenix United Mall, Lucknow, offering stylish and high-quality fashion clothings and accessories for the city’s plus-sized men and women.
The brand’s expansion in North India is also marked with the establishment of the first store in Lucknow. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Vijayawada, and Guntur are home to 20 Big Hello retail locations.
The brand’s bright and joyful personality is embodied by the lively and vibrant interiors of all Big Hello locations, which are designed as “Experience Stores” and feature distinctive dancing mannequins and great and engaging customer service. Big Hello is the first company in India to offer a special lounge where patrons may relax and browse, improving their in-store experience.
In addition, the brand has an online store and intends to launch additional locations in Hyderabad shortly. Vishnu Prasad launched the rapidly expanding fashion shopping company Absolute Brands and Retail Private Limited (ABRPL), which owns Big Hello.
Modita Tripathi, Brand Head at Absolute Brands says, We are thrilled to have selected Lucknow as the initial location for our brand’s growth in North India and to present Big Hello’s creative and inclusive apparel and accessory line to the lively and stylish residents of the city. Locals may easily browse our carefully designed, in-vogue items in our store, which gives them the confidence to assert their individual style and make daring fashion choices.
For any body type, event, mood, and moment, Big Hello provides men’s and women’s Western and Indian cultural clothing with flawless, highly technical fits and finishes. Shirts and t-shirts, pants, jeans, chinos, shorts, blazers, kurtas, ethnic bottomwear, and bandh galas are all part of the collection. Belts, tummy tuckers, scarves, ties, pocket squares, and suspenders are just a few of the many accessories that the firm sells.
The specialty fashion brand aims to open 50 new stores this financial year as part of a dedicated national retail expansion strategy. Mr. Prasad, Founder and CEO of Absolute Brands & Retail said, “We are establishing Big Hello to be the go-to destination for plus-size fashion across India. The brand offers stylish, high-quality garments that are exquisitely crafted to fit the unique curves and contours of plus-sized bodies.”
Indian plus-size fashion apparel market, estimated at ₹88,000 crore, has a 12% share in the overall fashion market. Of this, the share of the organised market is estimated at 33%, or about ₹29,000 crore. This market is further projected to grow at a CAGR of 25% over the next five years.

