NEW DELHI — India Couture Week 2017, organized by the Fashion Design Council of India, marked a decade in existence and was extended to seven days this year. The finale by designer Manish Malhotra encapsulated some of the main trends in the country’s couture market — a sense of grandeur with an Indo-global design, lots of embroidery, shimmer, rustling silk and long trains.
“I like a lot of floral motifs, I like a lot of shimmer. It’s about a lot of drama for me,” Malhotra told WWD. The designer is based in Mumbai, and is famous for his red-carpet looks that Bollywood actors collect; his shows are studded with Bollywood stars as a result, including Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh this season.
The construction was different this time, Malhotra explained. While the lehngas (long skirts) had grand trains, the tops were fitted, without much embroidery, allowing for jewelry. He paid extra attention to “an interesting back.”
“When a woman leaves the room, she should leave her mark. It doesn’t have to be her clothes — it could be her voice, or her mind. But because I make clothes, that’s the quality I infuse. I feel that the back should be dramatic,” he said.
The collection
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