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Go Colors hits a dead end as leggings log out of fashion
Mint Chennai
|December 03, 2025
An ongoing shift in India's women's bottom-wear market is starting to bite a Chennai-based retailer that bet and rose on a fashion trend now firmly past its prime.
Go Colors built a legacy around leggings, the garment that works as a bridge to western wear and as an alternative to jeans.
An ongoing shift in India's women's bottom-wear market is starting to bite a Chennai-based retailer that bet and rose on a fashion trend now firmly past its prime.
Over a decade, Go Colors built a legacy around leggings as a stand-in for the Indian churidar and a bridge to western wear as an alternative to jeans. But as garment silhouettes widen and tastes evolve, leggings are no longer the star they once were. The change in the fortunes of India's only listed bottom wear-focused companies shows the perils of building a business on one trend, even a long-lasting one.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of Mint Chennai.
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