With intricate mirror pattern from the courts of Iran's Golestan Palace to exquisite bead work from Ethiopia, ace fashion designer Manish Arora presented his 2015-16 festive bridal collection with a show here tonight, drawing inspiration from his travel around the world.
The ambience at the French Embassy, which hosted the event, was imbued with neon pink and green lighting in the wintry night.
The French Ambassador Francois Richer was present at the show while prominent designers like Ritu Kumar and Rajesh Pratap Singh made it to the front row.
A long ramp with chimneys all around was set up to showcase 31 designs from Manish's collection, who was very excited to return to the embassy with a show, where he also have glimpses of glimpse of Kosovo brides.
"Last year I also showcased my collection here. It is a very close bond I share with this place. I have spent half of my life in Paris and I will keep returning here. The collection is inspired by my travel to many places, there is no single source," Manish told reporters.
Drawing inspiration from his trips around the world in the recent past the collection was dominated with unique headgear including gladiator like helmets, scarves and beaded headnets.
The other highlight of the show were the masks which the designer decided to create keeping in mind the current situation of air pollution in the capital and the shimmery skull handbags in colours like gold, black, pink and blue.
The first range presented was that of denim skirts, lehangas, tops and jackets with designer's signature bead, sequins and gotta-patti work.
The next were the soothing colour combinations like champagne pink and blue, mint green and silver, peach and so on, Metallic fringes in shades like, gold, bronze, silver and magenta also made it to the festive range.
With popular track from "Game of Thrones, "The Rains of Castamere" ringed in the final range of ensemble from the show that commenced with John Lennon's "Imagine" playing in the background.
Fashion Design Council of India President Sunil Sethi also attended the show, which saw many popular faces from the Delhi social circuit, including beauty expert and entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain.
