On the designer's 50th birthday, some cherished moments on the runway.
Bollywood's favourite designer turned 50 on December 5.
Manish Malhotra has dressed almost every top actress in B-town and redefined Indian fashion for showbusiness.
What better way to celebrate the designer's ladnmark birthday than a trip down memory lane, revisiting those magical moments he gave us on the runway.
#1. When Ranbir and Hrithik hoisted Manish
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#2. Nita Ambani turns showstopper
Nita Ambani walked the ramp with two young girls from Mijwan for Manish in 2012.
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#3. Mary Kom walked for Manish too :)
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#4. Celebrating the magic of Phulkari
Jacqueline Fernandez in one of Manish's creations from his collection, Threads of Emotion, in 2013.
When quizzed why he ropes in B-town faces, Manish told the media: 'The idea is to focus on craftsmanship and showcase it at various fashion weeks by roping in celebrities, thus making it more popular and in turn influencing more people to wear these hand-crafted pieces.'
#5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns to the ramp
Aishwarya was dressed in one of Manish's favourite fabrics, velvet!
#6. Bollywood hunks together
In 2014, Manish hosted a standalone show where he brought together the biggest names in Bollywood for Men for Mijwan.
#7. Transforming Alia
Two years later, in 2014, Alia strode the ramp in a red lehenga, weighing almost 25 kilos.
Alia with Manish and Aditya Roy Kapur at the India Couture Week 2014.
Photograph: Kind courtesy India Couture Week
#8. With his Muse
Manish won his first Filmfare Award for Costume Design in 1995 for Rangeela, Urmila's blockbuster.
Urmila attended the India Couture Week 2014 dressed in a gorgeously mind-blowing Manish Malhotra ensemble.
Photograph: Kind courtesy India Couture Week
#9. Amazing Katrina
Dressed in a white embellished lehenga, Katrina stunned everyone present.
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#10. Celebrated dads and daughters
Photograph Kind Courtesy Manish Malhotra/Facebook
#11. Powerhouses in the same frame
Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters
#12. The iconic Vogue cover
From Sridevi to Alia Bhatt, Karishma Kapoor and Kajol to Kareena Kapoor, they were all there for Manish.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Vogue
#13. Dance in the rain
#14. Kareena and Shahid together for, who else, Manish
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#15. 'Gender equality' via Manish
Through his summer collection in 2015, Manish raised awareness of gender violence.
At the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015, models Carol Gracias and Gaurav Arora held banners that spoke for the cause.
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Lakme Fashion Week/Facebook
#16. SRK would do anything for Manish
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#17. Those were the days...
Marc Robinson, Anusha Dandekar, Tarun Arora, Sheetal Malhar and Tarun Raghavan present designs from Manish's ready-to-wear summer collection.
Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters