Mumbai: Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor Khan had the most “special” moment of her life as she walked the Lakme fashion week catwalk on Sunday with her baby bump swatched in a design by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
The 34-year-old actress become emotional and said it will be a walk to remember for her as she and her baby took to the ramp together for the first time.
“I must say it’s not one but two of us. It’s a very special moment. I have never walked for Sabyasachi before, we were not able to do a film together. But this moment is very special.
“It’s going to be in the history. I am actually very emotional right now. It is a moment I want everyone to cherish. I would like to say Sabyasachi is not a designer, he is an artist. He creates painting. I am really honoured to wear this artist,” Kapoor Khan said after the show.
She wore a heavily embroidered olive-green lehenga and a kurti-patterned choli with a dupatta on her head completed by a beautiful maang tika.
The actress was asked if the baby kicked while she was walking on the ramp, to which she replied with laugh saying, “I was too nervous to realise if it happened.”
“I have always maintained that I work till I die. Acting is my passion. My work is my passion and as long as I am working it makes me happy and that joy shows on face. I am going to continue working.”
The Bollywood diva was all praise for Sabyasachi and said her mother-in-law, veteran actress Sharmila Tagore, is a big fan of his creations.
The royal collection titled “Illuminate” revolved around the theme of shimmer, with the colour palette including shades of dust, smoke, metallics and strongly contrasting jewel tones, such as a deep emerald, a rich oxblood, a coffee maroon among others.
Sabyasachi stood by his signature patterns, but this time also ventured into the arena of Western wear, mixing it with Indian embroidery.
“This time around, I wanted to create few dresses. I decided to make some short evening wear, but kept the ‘Indianess’ alive with my signature work. I can’t leave that as it is the essence of my brand. I am an Indian designer and I can never let that go away from myself,” Sabyasachi told PTI.
The vintage range drew its inspiration from the era of 1920s to 1960s.
It weaved three stories together, first the night clubs in Paris in the 1920s, second from the Bauhaus school of strict architecture and the third was the celebration of needlecraft from all across the world.
The designer, who made his runway debut with Lakme Fashion Week in 2002, said doing the grand finale was like a homecoming.
The show was attended by Kapoor Khan’s sister, Karishma, who took pictures and cheered throughout her long ramp walk, actresses Deepika Padukone and Kajal Aggarwal and producer-director Divya Kumar Khosla.
