What’s better than one starlet celebrating a stand-out designer?
Five of them, of course!
This year Indian designer celebrated 25 years in the fashion business and earned himself — or rather, his clothes — a spot on Vogue India’s cover.
Actresses Kajol, Alia Bhatt, Kareena and Karisma Kapoor and Sridevi appeared on the Vogue cover dressed in Malhotra ensembles.
Of his first steps in fashion, the designer tells Vogue: “I have been working since I was 20. I was never that kid who hung out in college canteens. At 19, I saved up money from my modelling gigs and travelled abroad for the first time, to Bangkok and Singapore. During that time, I had my first brush with fashion as a designer-cum-sales-boy at a small boutique called Equinox. I also used my time there to do a lot of sketching and learn how to drape on mannequins.”
Long associated with Bollywood glamour and the movies, Malhotra confesses: “I was always very fascinated by Hindi film heroines and their colourful costumes… There were times during my teen years when I would have seen 2-3 movies a day, dragging my sister-in-law with me. Even at age six, I had an opinion on which sari or dupatta my mother should wear.”