Manish Malhotra flaunts 'runaway bride' on Day 2 of LFW

Malhotra showcased an unusual bridal collection, which moved away from using the traditional red colour symbolic of a wedding to beige, off-white, olive green and coffee browns. "My collection is about a bride who walks out of her own wedding to a better future, to a positive tomorrow because she feels its not the right thing for her," Malhotra, who received a thunderous applause for the collection, told mediapersons after the show.

"I'd call it 'The Runaway Bride To A Better Future'", Malhotra quipped when asked what he would name the collection. "Today's young women are confident, traditional yet modern," he said.

The designer, who has dressed the who's'-who of

Bollywood like Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Sushmita Sen, had taken the Kolkata Fashion Week by storm last week by showcasing the same collection at the Grand Finale. The economic downturn has forced Malhotra to slash prices of his outfit by 21 per cent. "Yes, I've reduced my (clothes) prices by 21 per cent," he said.


The designer had brought down prices by 23-24 per cent back in March amid meltdown.
Malhotra has begun work on another new collection, he said, but did not give details.