India Couture Week: Manish Malhotra goes vintage

The wooden, three-ramp set-up was elaborate, with a chandelier and stylish tea light holders lining the divisions between the ramps. The walls were adorned by different-sized empty frames — denoting the line’s title.

Models walked the ramp in exquisite creations which brought to life different expressions of gold — from antique vintage gold to old-world yellow gold and more.

On multiple pieces, the designer has used an ethereal touch of Kashmiri zari (a type of gold thread) work. Some of the zari work is coupled with elaborate ivory thread work set against the backdrop of colours such as beige, grapevine, emerald, ruby red velvet and tulle.

Malhotra said: “It has a very old world charm…old world, intricate embroidery. It took a lot of time. A lot of pieces took inhouse hand embroidery work of about three to four months. I thought that the whole take was modern. And by the title, we were talking about portraits which are really timeless. Tonight is one such timeless moment. It’s the first time Aditya and Alia are coming together.”