Unstitched Led the Fall — but the Market Has Now Stopped

1 September 2026

The steepest August fall was in unstitched — index 82.20, down 6.93% on the month. That is more than double ready-to-wear's −2.99%.

The reason is worth understanding. Unstitched lawn is tied entirely to the summer season. By August it is old stock with no next season to wait for — lawn returns next year in new prints. So the brands have to clear it.

But the market has now stopped. Over the past two days 1,683 prices were checked across the whole market:

• 4 fell (all Laam winter kaftans, a token 2%)
• 1 rose
• 1,678 did not move

All of August's movement happened inside August. September has opened in complete silence.

The average discount holds at 38% — not one point since 27 August.

A disclosure: no Sapphire figures appear today. We have found a fault in its data that we are still working on.

Unstitched tracker · sale

Data: TrendCompare 22-brand hourly tracker. The PFPI matches products present in two consecutive months and chains the median price ratio from March 2026 = 100. Stock figures count only products confirmed on the brand's own site within 7 days. Index · methodology.

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