The Kolhapuri never went out of style in India, even though it just got its Prada runway moment

At the Spring Summer 2026 in Prada, the male spectacle, the Kolhapuri were walked, calm and not botmates, under cotton poplins and colorful Raffie hats. No embellishment, no torsion. A flat leather sandal in its elementary shape, as it had been drawn directly from a street in Kolhapur, Maharashtra and fell into a Milanese mood.

Calling him a moment of renewal would be lazy. In India, Kolhapuri is never demolished. It is the rare accessory that crossed rituals, races and tracks without losing once. The only seasonal thing on this subject is the monsoon, during which any carrier of self-Respect can go into rubber. In the 1970s, he had already entered the West counter-culture wardrobe, transported by the freewheeling spirit of the hippie movement.

Mumbai (Bombay), India – March 28: Model Milind Soman is walking on the show of the show “Mai Mumbai”, an initiative “ Fashion for relief ” by Dream by Vikram Chatway Hotels for the Relief of the Terrorist Attack Victims at Mumbai at La Lakme India Fashion Week / Winter 2009, at the Grand Hyatt on March 28, 2009 India. (Photo by Ritam Banerjee / Getty Images)

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What is up to date? Maybe the fact that he is not trying. Kolhapuri is handmade. Dried in the sun. GI has tagged since 2019. And still made by craftsmen in eight districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka, who continue to sew the heritage in each pair.

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