Manish Malhotra brings fashion from Bollywood to LA

Los Angeles, Feb03, 2009
By Dilip Butani

Fashion king Manish Malhotra was chief guest at a glittering ceremony, held at the Tanjore restaurant, Beverly Hills. The party was hosted by fashion queen Sahiba Chada of Saffron International in association with Hamilton Brewart Insurance Agency. It was indeed a bollywood style evening. The modern theme of fashion, lifestyle, and music was set to energize the 200 plus guests.

Sahiba Chada of Saffron International & Manish Malhotra

The guests started arriving at 7 PM. After cocktails, they were entertained by lively music by Tushar Bhatia and Shraboni Mukherjee. As soon as the biggest buzz of the evening, one and only one Manish arrived, the crowd surrounded him. One could see how people gathered round him just to get a glimpse of their favorite star.

Known for his different style and his ability to envision a look for the character, Manish is undoubtedly the fashion guru and an icon of Bollywood today. Manish has designed for most leading actresses in Bollywood, but even today one recalls his costume designing for Urmila Matondkar in the film Rangeela and Juhi Chawla in Swarg. He has also designed for Shahrukh Khan and other male stars; He was asked to design clothes for Michael Jackson when he visited India for a Bollywood show. Manish is a very practical and realistic person beside so much fame and success. He is a simple person who envisioned a dream and worked very hard to pursue it. The name Manish Malhotra has been a brand that is tantamount to luxurious apparels incorporating the best of traditional Indian, Arabian and contemporary style.

Sahiba Chada, in her interview said that on last occasion, she had promised her guests a memorable event and here it was. She further said that in September she plans to present Manish Malhotra and his 19 years of film work. In his collection the famous Bollywood designer will be re-creating the magic of films through his designs. According to Sahiba, the idea behind the September fashion event is that each person should be able to take a piece of Bollywood home with him or her. Brewart said that the whole concept was to give people a really classy event to be associated with

The guest list for this event included renowned persons of Los Angeles area. The second part of the lively music was by the famous brother-sister duo Nauzad and Khushi. The party ended around mid-night.

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Fashion queen Sahiba Chada of Saffron International in association with Hamilton Brewart of Hamilton Brewart Insurance Agency.

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