Day One: A Single Cow
I arrive in Mumbai from Paris at 1 a.m.
I have never been to India before, and I am quickly overwhelmed by the airportneon-lit!
teeming with people!but no matter.
Photo: Mickey Boardman
(Dior held a show here in 2023.)
But I have other plans.
Oh well, okay, no dresses.
Photo: Courtesy of Lynn Yaeger
The rest of the press corps is heading to Gem Palace, but I think I know better.
Long story short: this might be the name of the whole district.
Or it might not exist.
Photo: Mickey Boardman
It feels safe, even though we are clearly strangers.
We dont see any jewelry.
We are hopelessly lost.
Photo: Mickey Boardman
We walk to a main street where I see my one and only cow of the trip.
At least she seems to know where she is going.
But there are small miracles everywhere.
Deepika Padukone, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and Christy Turlington during the finale of the Sabyasachi show in Mumbai.
I grin and bear it.
I hold on for dear life.
The doll is not cheap, but then again, she does fit handily in the newly acquired duffel.
Photo: Mickey Boardman
Where does the time go?
The 27-storey mansion reportedly cost an estimated one to two billion and is 570 feet tall.
(One look at this audience and I know their own hands have never touched soiled linen.)
The Indian movie star Deepika Padukone opens the show.
But wait: Here come the coats!
Heavily embellished and colored like stained glass, they provide a spectacular counterpoint to the more casual offerings.
Deepika Padukone, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and Christy Turlington during the finale of the Sabyasachi show in Mumbai.
But the Sabyasachi flagship is open.
I slip this over my head, and suddenly realize, I need this!
