Manish Malhotra (5 December 1966) is a former Indian fashion designer turned costume designer and stylist, widely known for his works in Bollywood, In 2005, he launched his couture label Manish Malhotra which offers bridal, couture, diffusion and men's wear collections and retails at two stores in Mumbai and New Delhi. Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Hollywood, and television. In 1998, he ventured into modelling and runway fashion designing with his couture Reverie-Manish Malhotra. He received appreciation for his glamorous ensembles using traditional colours, craftsmanship, textures and embroideries presented at his first runway show in November 1999 The label also retails at multi-brand boutiques across India and in Dubai. In March 2017, the Philadelphia Museum of Art featured outfits from the Manish Malhotra 2013 couture collection – Thread of Emotion, in an ongoing retrospective spotlighting the Phulkari technique at their Joan Spain Gallery. Malhotra has been reported to have been inspired by Indian craftsmanship and promotes regional handicrafts and workmanship from rural India through his association with the ‘Mijwan Welfare Society’– an NGO founded by Late Kaifi Azmi and headed by Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal. Manish Malhotra Fashion designer Manish Malhotra Couturier, costume stylist, entrepreneur, and revivalist; Manish Malhotra’s prolific career spanning 30 years has seen him redefine fashion. Manish started his career as a model but soon his passion and love for movies and fashion, drew him towards cotsume designing. An avid Bollywood film enthusiast, Manish Malhotra brought inimitable aesthetics to costume design and styling for country’s leading actors and style icons. Founder of the eponymous label, Manish Malhotra is known in the industry for his pathbreaking makeover for actors on the silver screen and giving them an individual style narrative in personal lives, whilst walking alongside in their journey of stardom. The first-ever fashion influencer and bold fashion creator, Manish Malhotra has extended his influence beyond fashion to carve his niche as an Indian luxury designer.