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PIX: Manish Malhotra weaves magic on the ramp

The ace designer closed Day Two of the Lakme Fashion Week with a stunning creation.

It was ivory magic on the ramp at the end of Day Two of the Lakme Fashion Week here in Mumbai. Manish Malhotra closed the day with a stunning spring-summer collection. The Collection featured summer colours aqua green, powder blue and ivories that cast a spell on the ramp.

The label that has adopted 45 girl child workers from Mijwan in Uttar Pradesh for a year sought inspiration from their Chikankari embroidery. Manish's collection also used Kashmiri embroidery that he sourced from Srinagar and Jammu extensively.

While Manish did not have a showstopper, Sameera Reddy, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Arora, Sophie Choudry and Kunal Kapoor were among the celebs who watched the show.

First up, we have model Deepti Gujral walks the ramp in this empire line anarkali

Welcoming the Indian summer

The stunning model Maddison McKay shows of yet another knee-length Anarkali dress she sported with a pair of comfortable pyajamas.

Staying opulent

Manish moved away from heavy embroidery and yet managed to strike an opulent note with this outfit the golden border standing in contrast with the powder blue.

Striking gold

Sucheta Sharma in one of Manish Malhotra's golden outfits.

Chikan chic

The dusky Hemangi Pate sashayed the ramp in a stunning Chikankari work dress.

Saying it with pink

We loved a hint of pink in this white dress that Reha Sukheja sported on the ramp.

Up the volume, please

Volume was the key word in Manish's collection. Preeti Dhata shows off a classic example of this.

Anarkalis ruled the ramp

Most of Manish's collection included Anarkalis a style that has been gaining a lot of popularity in the recent past. While some of them were knee-length ones, most like this one that Anjali Raut is wearing were full-length.

Saying it with a flourish

Candice Pinto twirled as her multi-layered skirt seemed to weave some sort of magic on the audience.

Dare to bare

The men's collection had models dressed in white chikan kurtas a pair of smart chappals.

White magic

Ivory was the dominant colour in the menswear line too. This one, Manish chose to team with a pair of black pyajamas.

Structured layout

While volume defined the womenswear line, the menswear had its share of sharply cut bandhgalas and jodhpuris.

Three cheers!

At the end of the show, a visibly happy Manish Malhotra walked the ramp and took a bow.