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Manish Malhotra IICW 2014
Manish Arora IICW 2014
A tale of two Indian brides and two very different Manish’s!
Indian designers, Manish Malhotra and Manish Arora have a cult global following for their distinctive designs, demonstrating the diversity of bridal fashion in India, a segment often overly saturated by lazy embellished designs.
Manish Malhotra 2014
If you’re interested in international fashion, you will be pleased to hear that the dates for India Couture Week have been announced. The revamped six day event will have new partnerships: Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers as title sponsors, and Logix Group as its associate sponsors. The event in New Delhi will showcase India’s finest design talent in exclusive shows by top Indian Couturiers from 15-20 July 2014.
Who can say regardez-moi, the loudest? On one monsoon evening in Delhi two of Indian fashion’s most entertaining designers presented their couture collections. Both have strong associations with Paris but the words chalk and cheese were never more relevant. The first was Ritu Beri, India’s 80s Paris-trained girl wonder whose show included a live band and a couple of designers she worked in collaboration with.
The hottest ticket in town was the Manish Arora’s closing show for Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013. “Squeeze up some more!” were the cries from the pretty PR organisers to the press pack as we shuffled this way and that to make room for late arrivals.
Manish Arora already presented his collection inspired by his trip to the Burning Man art festival in Nevada in Paris
A much anticipated show during PCJ Delhi Couture Week 2012 was the return of Indian fashion’s showman extraordinaire, Manish Arora.
Manish very recently spent two seasons at the helm of Paco Rabanne in Paris and prefers to show in Paris in any case. It’s not difficult to see why, his is the only collection with a distinctly Western feel and not a bridal gown in sight. I’ve been to a few Manish Arora shows over the years and his creativity is truly inspiring. The energy and zeal in his collections are inimitable, however, my compliments end there on this occasion.
One of the highlights of Delhi Fashion Week, Autumn/Winter 2012, was the Fashion Design Council of India’s special show. Each year the FDCI takes on a cause as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and this season the spotlight fell on an organisation fighting human trafficking of women: Youcanfree.us
Twelve of India’s leading designers including Manish Arora, Tarun Tahliani, Ashish N Soni and Ritu Beri, Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, all lent their support
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