PHOTO: Manish Arora: Indian Style Fashion Circus

Manish Arora presented his recognizable style for spring/summer 2009, which combines tradition and modernity.

The Indian fashion designer Manish Arora, known for his wide activities in the field of art, presented his collection for spring/summer 2009 at the current Indian Fashion Week in Nfew Delhi.

We remember the designer from cooperation with the makeup giant MAC, and designing a limited edition collection for Swatch, as well as a shoe collection called “Fish Fry for Reebok”. He is known for his palette of live colours, strong contrasts and kitsch motifs, which are elements of his newest collection inspired by the circus. The sculptured silhouettes are decorated with traditional Indian techniques, like tying and lining up beads in patterns such as a wheel, spiral and circle.

This is how the wheel set his inspiration in motion, to make a dress that has a merry-go-round around the waist, inside of which is a circus presentation. The originality, the combination of things unable to be combined – tradition and the West, it is as if Arora remembers the first clown presentation he saw in his homeland, India. After 11 years since the founding of the brand Arora, he showed why he is considered to be the best Indian designer, and all who respect the concept that cherishes tradition and modernity for fashion purposes.