7 Looks From Manish Arora's Gender-Bending Paris Fashion Show
Manish Arora was applauded last week for bringing the conversation about the global LGBTQ community to the heart of Paris Fashion Week in a collection entitled: "Love is Love."
The exuberant New Delhi-based designer worked his signature color-rich psychedelia on drag queens and performers in a show of diverse gender-bending styles that were displayed on the theater stage.
A male singer in a pink perforated silk column dress and a feather eye mask serenaded guests.
Then, a longhaired model in a bejeweled yellow armor-like vest bent over backward acrobatically. The model wore a heart-shaped handbag in yellow alongside eye-popping multicolor platform shoes.
Evoking Arora's native India, an A-line skirt cut on the bias had an exotic feel with banding and myriad decorative detailing.
While this collection didn't have the high-fashion feel of a typical ready-to-wear show, it was a highly entertaining spectacle.