The Bollywood icon sat down with Teen Vogue to talk about his start in fashion, his career in film, the importance of paying attention to Gen Z, and merging tradition with innovation.
to talk about his start in fashion, his career in film, the importance of paying attention to Gen Z, and merging tradition with innovation.Manish Malhotra never had a formal education in fashion or design, but there was never any doubt in his mind that he was going to make clothes. It all began at age 14 when the now-acclaimed artist found himself smitten by the jewels and fabrics involved in his mother's preparation for his brother's wedding.
A model displays a creation by Indian designer Manish Malhotra during the first day of the HDIL India Couture Week in Mumbai on October 6, 2010.Malhotra's rise to fashion fame began primarily in film. His debut as a costume designer for the Hindi film industry was in 1990 with a movie called . "My love and passion for films is personal; I grew up being inspired by the depth of cinema, my fondness for art direction, and my love for fashion depicted on the screen," Malhotra, now 56, shares withMalhotra's introduction to the world of movies served as a turning point for not only his own career but for the way costume design as a whole functioned in Hindi films.
A model wears an outfit by Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra from his collection "Just Chill" during a fashion show in Bombay on May 15, 2003. The show was organized to announce the Royal Challenge Student Fashion Awards.What resulted in the following decades were costumes that ultimately proved to be generation-defining.
While this vision shone through in every one of his projects, a few iconic characters mark how Malhotra's fresh approach to costuming transformed the landscape of Indian fashion.
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