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Kitsch and colours
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Designer Manish Arora captures the vibrant hues of India
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Different take Manish Arora
It’s not without reason that the fashion world calls him India’s original L’Enfant terrible. Designer Manish Arora has a way of standing apart from the crowd. He’s done that through his collections on the ramp. Like his work o
r not, but there’s no way you’ll miss it. He might go overboard with kitsch once and get all too subtle the next season. “If I am involved in something, it’s not going to be ordinary,” he tells us, the pride evident. Beginning this Sunday, Manish will be seen hosting the television series Adventures of the Ladies Tailor on Discovery Travel and Living.
“The show is not just about fashion. I’d day it’s a quirky mix of fashion, food and lifestyle. I travelled extensively across Rajasthan, Goa and Pondicherry meeting different people, capturing the colours, clothes and music of the regions,” says Manish. “Rajasthan is picturesque and I caught candid frames on my camera. The photos come in handy and inspire my next collection and the fashion shoot gets showcased at the London Fashion Week. While there, I got to work on the interiors of an old barber shop. It was like an inpromptu makeover.”
The second episode tracks Manish’s journey to Goa. There he meets an Italian chillum designer and gets to know the basics of chillum making. “Musician Prem Joshua happened to be in Goa when we were shooting. The episode also features my conversations with him. We also met photographer Peter Linderbergh and a tattoo artist who works with Indian motifs. You’ve got to see the show; saying anything more will give it away. There’s more to Goa than the beaches and the flea market,” he laughs.
The show also pursues Manish’s experiences at the India Fashion Week held in New Delhi last year and the Paris Fashion Week in which he showcased the Spring Summer 2008 collection. “You get to know about the fashion week, behind-the-scenes action, working within the time frame… basically capturing the madness that goes into the fashion week,” says Manish.
The Pondicherry episode helped Manish meet up with a long time friend apart from “getting a feel of the magnificent Auroville. I didn’t get to spend much time in the French colonies and taste the brews of Pondicherry though.”
The quirky finale comes with Manish transforming his faithful old Ambassador car into a fashionable set of wheels. “The Ambassador is the perfect symbol of Indian cars on our roads. It’s the most comfortable car and the only car I’ve possessed. It’s been with me for seven years and I decided to give it a new look. I sourced parts from Old Delhi for this.”
(Adventures of the Ladies Tailor will be aired beginning this Sunday at 8 p.m. on Discovery Travel and Living.)
SANGEETHA DEVI DUNDOO
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