Even the most distinguished celebrities find it irresistible to stay away from the glamour and glitz of the fashion world.
The runway is a seductive platform for the fabulous and the famous; rarely does an actor miss the opportunity to be showstopper at a fashion show. The symbiotic worlds of fashion and film attain a dramatic crescendo when reel and real life meet on a fantasy stage. India Couture Week has witnessed some of the biggest Bollywood names walk the runway for our countries leading couturiers. We shine the spotlight on some memorable faces that had the shutterbugs in a frenzy.
Madhuri Dixit was a fitting match to close Anju Modi’s 2012 Couture collection ‘Devi.’ Dixit has ruled Bollywood for decades, she can carry the weight of the title like no other face in tinsel town.
Designer, friend and fashion guru to the stars, Manish Malhotra is the fashion darling of Bollywood. The fashion maverick is responsible for giving the biggest stars a style change. One cannot keep track of the number of celebrities who lend their support to him, Katrina Kaif is just one of the many to grace his runway.
The film fraternity can’t get enough of Sabyasachi Mukherjee and many a veteran stars love to play fancy dress in his spectacular drapes. Sridevi is seen in one of his exceptional creations.
Non conformist, irreverent and image breaker are what define Kangana Ranaut’s personal style. Her choices keep her in the forefront of fashion even when she’s dressed in traditional ethnic creations like this Anju Modi Lehenga.
Delicate Shraddha Kapoor gets a fierce make over dressed in Gaurav Gupta. The designer’s dynamic and avant garde créations are a hot favourite with the young and the restless.
Female showstoppers are commonplace, but when the boys make their mark on the runway then its showtime. Aditya Roy Kapoor keeps it chic and simple dressed in a traditional Manish Malhotra achkan.
Young Alia Bhatt makes a pretty picture dressed in a red bridal Manish Malhotra lehenga.
Huma Qureshi likes to experiment and keep her fashion picks in the spotlight. Rimple and Harpreet Narula rope her in to be their desirable showstopper in 2014
Model-actress of the moment, Lisa Hayden, knows just how to work the runway. No one can rock out a Monisha Jaising modern bridal look like she can.
Every once in a while India’s answer to International fashion, actress Frieda Pinto, comes home to a glamorous runway. She opens designer’s Varun Bahl’s couture show in 2013
