Manish Arora impresses Delhi with new bridal collection

The designer envisioned the modern Indian bride who decides to go globetrotting as inspiration for the collection.

By Sujata Reddy, ET Bureau | Updated: Dec 15, 2015, 12.09 PM IST

Manish Arora impresses Delhi with new bridal collection

You can expect anything but understated, if it's designer Manish Arora putting up a fashion show. A representation of the modern Indian bride, Arora lived up to the hype that usually surrounds his creations as he unveiled his latest - Indian by Manish Arora Festive 2015-16 collection at the Embassy of France over an evening hosted by H.E. Mr François Richier, Ambassador of France to India on Saturday. Arora envisioned the modern Indian bride who decides to go globetrotting as inspiration for the collection. Renouncing everything that is mundane, she picks up her scarves, glittery backpacks, shimmery skull bags and set out on a journey. The collection was created and curated as a meticulous travel plan for her. In attendance were Delhi's prominent society names - Pernia Qureshi, Kalyani Chawla, Bharti Kher & Subodh Gupta, Anupam Poddar and Dimple Poddar along with friends from the fashion fraternity - Sunil Sethi, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Malini Ramani, Rajesh Pratap & Payal Pratap Singh and Namrata Joshipura among ohters.

When asked to comment on his collection, Arora said, “Through the course of her journey, the bride is stunned by the intricate mirror work in the courts of Golestan palace in Iran. In Africa her senses are illumined when she stumbles upon exquisite Ethiopian beadwork. In the Topkapi palace’s Ottoman architecture she gets a glimpse of the sacred while in Europe she is enchanted by the eerie beauty of the Kosovo brides. She parties hard in her denim lehnga in America and makes offerings at the most beautiful temple she has ever seen in exotic Bali. Witnessing a magnificent opera performance in China she makes her way back into India where she rediscovers her own roots.”