The brand’s massive new store, which stands at more than 25,000sq ft, has opened its doors in Mumbai.
Housed in a former Italianate revival-style bank, the three-storey building is located in the Horniman Circle neighbourhood and neighbours such brands as Hermès and Christian Louboutin. As guests ascended marble stairs at the entry and followed a hallway bedecked in chandeliers, mirrors, and oversized floor vases, among other décor accents last Saturday at the launch party, they entered another world, one that is becoming a hallmark of the Indian-design-meets-Western-haute-couture label. A subtle music background piped in show tunes and jukebox classics and progressed to pop dance hits of the 90s and beyond.
Guests ascending the second floor devoted to the brands expanding jewellery categories via the elevator smelled the signature house scent of rose and frankincense. The fine, heritage and high jewellery offerings feature exquisite statement pieces and dainty daily styles in traditional Indian jewellery and contemporary interpretations featuring the brand’s signature Indian tiger featured on jewellery and accessories.
On the third floor devoted to the designers’ expanding leather goods offerings, guests such as Christian Louboutin, Linda Fargo, Fern Mallis, Jean-François Lesage, and Bollywood’s finest such as Rani Mukerji, Ram and Gautami Kapoor, Simi Garewal, TV actress Roshni Chopra, as well as actress-slash-beauty queen, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Indian mega influencer and cosmetics entrepreneur, Diipa Büller-Khosla, arrived to find a Roman Emperor-worthy feast of international delicacies conceived of by collaborators Lovey and Puja Kapoor of Kookie Jar Kolkata. Guests needing to sit after touring the vast store and indulging in the smorgasbord accompanied by free-flowing Dom Pérignon and aged sipping whiskey sat on custom pattern velvet-covered antique settees and Venetian chairs. It was yet another way Mukherjee drew his guests into his magical emporium.
