Updated On: 18 November, 2023 04:14 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team
At a fashion show, you see clothes. In shows, you see personalities. Or, as Tarun Tahiliani (TT) calls it, “a procession tableau of muses, the arts and the artistes”

Purulia Chhau dancers performed as part of the fashion procession at Tarun Tahiliani’s book launch where Katrina Kaif and Sobhita Dhulipala were also present; Mehr Jesia cheered on
On Thursday evening, mid-day was invited to a fashion procession that opened with a cast of supermodels, headlined by Mehr Jesia, Carol Gracias, Lakshmi Rana and Binal Trivedi, and ended with Bollywood stars Sobhita Dhulipala and Katrina Kaif, as the couturier’s coffee table book, Tarun Tahiliani-Journey to India Modern, was launched. After a delay of three and a half years, it all finally came together like a rebelliously beautiful pre-draped TT saree, at Mahalaxmi Race Course, coinciding with the opening of the first edition of Art Mumbai.
The blaring music was a retro set of Indian baraat songs courtesy Midival Punditz. Jesia, an old TT ally, held court long after her ramp act, crouching near the photographers’ pit, hooting and cheering as the procession made way. It was a moment that spoke quietly about gold-star friendships in a fickle fashion industry.