Ladakh presented "The Fifth Season: A Fashion Story from Ladakh" at Lakmé Fashion Week x FDCI 2026 in New Delhi on October 18, with four local designers showing Pashmina, indigenous textiles and traditional craft, the Hindustan Times reports. The show centred on the Changpa pastoralists of the high-altitude Changthang plateau, who raise Changra goats, and the artisans, many of them women, who turn the fibre into textiles.

Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said in a virtual address that growing recognition must benefit herders, weavers, craftspeople and women's self-help groups while preserving the authenticity of Ladakh's traditions.