Once a fluke, twice a coincidence, and thrice a trend — is what the fashion crowd say. And teaming a luxe kurta with your suit is looking like it’s going to be the next big menswear trend for the party season ahead. Why do I say so?

Harshvardhan Kapoor in Ermenegildo Zegna Autumn/Winter’15, Raghavendra Rathore, Armani Jeans and Alberto Torresi at the Mirzya all-girls screening (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Harshvardhan Kapoor in Ermenegildo Zegna Autumn/Winter’15, Raghavendra Rathore, Armani Jeans and Alberto Torresi

Harshvardhan Kapoor in Paul Smith, Vaibhav Singh and H by Hudson during the Mirzya promotions at The Kapil Sharma Show (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Harshvardhan Kapoor in Paul Smith, Vaibhav Singh and H by Hudson

Harshvardhan Kapoor in Raghavendra Rathore, Vaibhav Singh and adidas NMD R1 Primeknit ‘Reflective Pack’ Core Black sneakers during the Mirzya second trailer launch in Delhi (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Harshvardhan Kapoor

Harshvardhan Kapoor in ZZegna, Raghavendra Rathore and Zara at the Mirzya music launch (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Harshvardhan Kapoor

Well, we have seen Harshvardhan Kapoor sport that combo a good few times during the Mirzya press junket (see here, here, here and here), but it looks like Ranbir Kapoor has now joined in the movement.

Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16 for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)
Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16
Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16 for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)
Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16

Yep, he slipped a kurta underneath his black jacquard tailored number from Kunal Rawal’s Winter/Festive’16 collection for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, and in so doing, looked ridiculously rakish. Now we need another Bollywood hunk to wear this combo for it to become a legit menswear trend 😉

Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16 for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Ranbir Kapoor

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hail Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hail Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor for Ae Dil Hail Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Jacqueline Fernandez, Manish Paul and Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor in Kunal Rawal Winter/Festive’16 for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil promotions on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Photo courtesy | Viral Bhayani)

Ranbir Kapoor

But guys, you shouldn’t wait for this trend to take off in a big way. Be ahead of the curve: take out your best silk kurta, give it a good press and wear it with your suit for your next dinner/wedding invitation. You’ll be the most stylish man in the room 🙂

P.S- Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting that Ranbir copied Harsh or vice versa — the big idea might have come from the same place.

Pix: Viral Bhayani for MissMalini