Jaisalmer Crafted Bar Collectible, from the house of Radico Khaitan, is teaming up with designer Samant Chauhan at Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI, running from 13 to 18 October 2026 at Taj Palace, New Delhi. Jaisalmer will present a Crafted Bar and a series of special collectibles inspired by Indian craftsmanship and modern design coming together.

Craft, Memory and Reinvention

The idea behind the collaboration is that craft is more than a technique. It carries the memory of a place, the skill of its makers and the possibility of reinvention.

Chauhan is known for his extensive work with Bhagalpur’s silk-weaving traditions, giving them a timeless yet modern form and silhouette. Jaisalmer Crafted Bar Collectible starts from a different place, with botanicals drawn from across India and a gin-making process shaped by traditional distillation. Put the two together and you get a meeting point between the botanical and the textile, the bar and the runway.

Samant Chauhan and Bhagalpur Silk

Chauhan, a graduate of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), established his eponymous label in 2006 with a focus on creating new possibilities for Bhagalpur’s weaving tradition and bringing Indian handloom to a wider audience. He has stayed engaged with Bhagalpur silk and the weaving communities behind it, translating its textures and craft into modern silhouettes.

The collaboration with Jaisalmer takes that conversation beyond clothing, using collectibles and a Crafted Bar experience to explore how India’s craft traditions can find fresh expression in the rituals and objects of contemporary luxury.

What Goes Into Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin

The collaboration also fits Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin’s own craft-led identity. The spirit is made from a blend of 11 botanicals, seven of them sourced from across India, including Darjeeling green tea, lemongrass and cubeb pepper. It starts with triple-distilled neutral grain spirit that is re-distilled in traditional copper pot stills.

Available in around 40 countries, Jaisalmer takes regional Indian ingredients and a contemporary approach to gin-making to an international audience. Its look draws on the city of Jaisalmer, including the fort and the black buck motif linked with its royal flag.

What Radico Khaitan and Samant Chauhan Said

At the Fashion Week

At Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI, the Jaisalmer Crafted Bar will offer guests a curated cocktail experience, while the special collectibles will carry the collaboration’s design language. The partnership puts Indian craft at the centre of a wider conversation about luxury, one shaped not only by the finished product but also by provenance, process, material and the people who keep traditional skills alive.