Manish Malhotra bridges urban-rural divide: Deepika
Mumbai
April 5,2018
Actress Deepika Padukone, who, along with Ranbir Kapoor, will be the
showstopper at Manish Malhotra's fundraiser fashion show hosted by the Mijwan
Welfare Society, says the designer has a knack for bridging the "urban-rural
divide".
"I've walked the ramp many times before, but this is truly a
fashion show with a difference because Manish Malhotra bridges the urban-rural
divide by taking the traditional craft of chikankari and fashioning it into
contemporary silhouettes in his signature style," Deepika said in a statement.
Mijwan Welfare Society's work over the last nine years has been instrumental
in giving women and girl children of Mijwan, Uttar Pradesh, the confidence to
negotiate a better future for themselves.
Malhotra will showcase "The
Walk Of Mijwan" on April 9, putting on display the craft of chikankari by women
of Mijwan, in support of the movement started by the late Kaifi Azmi in 1993. It
is now run by his daughter, actress and activist Shabana Azmi.
At the
show, two girls from Mijwan -- Lalima Chauhan and Renu, who studied at the Kaifi
Azmi School, then learned embroidery at the centre and are now teaching there --
will also relay their success stories.
Mumbai
April 5,2018
Actress Deepika Padukone, who, along with Ranbir Kapoor, will be the
showstopper at Manish Malhotra's fundraiser fashion show hosted by the Mijwan
Welfare Society, says the designer has a knack for bridging the "urban-rural
divide".
"I've walked the ramp many times before, but this is truly a
fashion show with a difference because Manish Malhotra bridges the urban-rural
divide by taking the traditional craft of chikankari and fashioning it into
contemporary silhouettes in his signature style," Deepika said in a statement.
Mijwan Welfare Society's work over the last nine years has been instrumental
in giving women and girl children of Mijwan, Uttar Pradesh, the confidence to
negotiate a better future for themselves.
Malhotra will showcase "The
Walk Of Mijwan" on April 9, putting on display the craft of chikankari by women
of Mijwan, in support of the movement started by the late Kaifi Azmi in 1993. It
is now run by his daughter, actress and activist Shabana Azmi.
At the
show, two girls from Mijwan -- Lalima Chauhan and Renu, who studied at the Kaifi
Azmi School, then learned embroidery at the centre and are now teaching there --
will also relay their success stories.
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