Photos: Faisal Farooqui @ Dragonfly
The masks were on. The seating spaced out. But there were lights, live music, a glittery audience and a catwalk, that once ubiquitous installation that had receded into the shadows thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Zainab Chottani’s show was called Bagh-i-Ishq (Garden of Love) and it was truly a love for her design house, built so diligently over the years, that prompted her to fly solo while the world is still in the throes of a pandemic. And it was a love for design and the catwalk which prompted the audience to attend the show, even if it were from behind the restraints of face masks.