Kangana Ranaut & Alex Kuruvilla
Kangana Ranaut & Alex Kuruvilla

After being held in Delhi for the past four years, Fashion’s Night Out finally came to our doorstep at Palladium Mall, Mumbai. Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief at Vogue USA, first spearheaded the shopping extravaganza to encourage people to shop and provide a boost to the economy during the recession. It soon spread to other countries including India. After following the international editions, I jumped at the opportunity to check out how the Indian edition held out, credit card in tow.

Masaba Gupta
Masaba Gupta

First up, Palladium was bathed in a pink glow. As you entered, a beautiful Ciroc installation greeted you along with a massive Lakme salon that had many girls making a beeline to be prettied up with the latest Lakme Absolute Line co-created with Sabysachi. I headed up to view the Black Clutch project which had different designers reinterpreting their version of the closet staple.

Anand Kabra Clutch
Anand Kabra Clutch

My personal favourite was Anand Kabra’s clutch, he stayed close to his roots with embroidery of the Hyderabadi skyline etched onto it. Bet all the ladies from Banjara hills will be eyeing it!

After oohing and aahing, I headed to the Vogue Loves pop-up store where some of India’s best designers were available for rock-bottom prices. With a massive line, shoppers were disappointed to note that there was a 3-garment limitation.

Stores such as Steve Madden, Kiehl’s and Swarovski had cute little photo booths, whereas others were serving champagne and wine. Hic Hic! Sisley had Mumbai-based band Spud in the Box play a secret set at their store.

It wouldn’t be a Vogue event without a sprinkling of Bollywood. The dashing Varun Dhawan and stylish Kangana Ranaut were spotted checking out the stalls. Sabyasachi was spotted milling along the Lakme store, happily posing for photographs with his fans. The after-party at Serafina continued well into the night with the likes of Sabina Chopra, Bandana Tewari, Nishka Lulla, Hard Kaur and Nimish Shah dancing the night away. The only downside was the network jam that happened in the mall, that prevented you from finding your friends.

Anushka Manchanda, Narresh & Masaba
Anushka Manchanda, Narresh & Masaba
Aditi Rao Hydari
Aditi Rao Hydari
Neeta & Nishka Lulla
Neeta & Nishka Lulla
Ashiesh Shah & Nikhil Thampi
Ashiesh Shah & Nikhil Thampi
Ayushmann Khuranna & Priya Tanna
Ayushmann Khuranna & Priya Tanna
Ayushmann Khurrana with shoppers
Ayushmann Khurrana with shoppers
Richa Chadda
Richa Chadda
Sagrika Ghatge
Sagrika Ghatge
Shazahn Padamsee
Shazahn Padamsee
Sophie Choudry
Sophie Choudry
Randeep Hooda
Randeep Hooda