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Nineteen days before he passed into the ages, Designer Rohit Bal presented his last show at the Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI in Delhi on October 13.
It was an amazing celebration of Indian aesthetics and craftsmanship.
The 17th century Quli Khan's tomb in Mehrauli shone with lights and resonated with Shubha Mudgal's powerful voice as model after beautiful model walked the ramp in his exquisite creations, with the lovely Ananya Panday taking the final bow.
His carefully curated ensembles were poetry in motion, symbolic of timeless luxury and the beauty of nature.
And, of course, if it was a Rohit Bal show, it had to be hatke.
He brought back the gorgeous Sheetal Mallar on the ramp.
He danced a jig that thumbed a nose at his recent cardiac ailments.
The show was joy, effervescence and beauty and no one knew Bal's luxurious ode to the rose in the grand finale would be his last-ever show.
The designer, who was just 63, had played a pivotal role in changing India's fashion landscape and will be sorely missed.
Watch Gudda as he got the audience to smile.
