Manish Malhotra

Manish Malhotra is an Indian fashion designer. Manish Malhotra’s prolific career spanning 27 years has seen him redefine fashion for an entire generation of Indians. From his work with Hindi cinema’s influential leading-ladies to launching his eponymous label in 2005, Manish Malhotra tells design stories in a language profuse with elegance, ultra-femininity and unapologetic glamour. 2015 was a milestone year for Manish Malhotra as it marked 25 years of his association with Hindi cinema as a designer and stylist and 10 years since the creation of the eponymous label. In 2013, Manish Malhotra was the first designer to have opened the largest, Indian single-brand couture store sprawled over 9,000 sq.ft in Delhi. The following year, the label marked a turnover of over INR 1 Billion making it one of the first Indian luxury fashion houses to achieve this milestone.     Manish Malhotra started his career as a model, while studying at the Elphinstone College in Mumbai. Though he did not have formal fashion design training, Manish’s love for sketching, passion for cinema and penchant for clothes, saw him veer towards costume styling.