One ofManish Aroras most sentimental garments may surprise you.
Its over the top, decadent and opulent; it’s extra.
It was fun to get in touch with people I havent spoken to for 15 years, Arora tellsVogue.
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Some of these pieces, I didn’t even own, he says.
I didnt collect my archives so we got together and got in touch with people and got them.
These pieces are like nothing that you will ever find anywhere else.
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Its chain stitched by handapproximating hours and hours and hours of work, akin to couture-level fashion.
Its typical cliche Paris, but its one of my favorite pieces, he says.
It was impossible to reproduce, so theres only one.
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Inside the exhibition, a feast for the eyes manifests in the form of different dream-like scenarios.
The show is divided into 13 themes that best represent the designers body of work.
There is a lot to see.
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Every ounce of embellishment is done by hand, after all.
We need to have this tradition going on in our country.
We must continue it and to continue it, one must modernize it, he says.
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They’re very excited to do something new.
That is also one of the reasons I think one must modernize it rather than just continuing and reproducing.
So that’s what I would like to continue.
She is so beautiful, I am so lucky to have her as my wife, one reads.
Hopefully people who come here will feel happiness, joy and celebration.
That’s the idea of the exhibition.
