
Movie stars and celebrities stopping by at designer stores are passeacute;. When the French minister of state for foreign trade, Anne-Marie Idrac in picture, centre, was in the country, she paid a courtesy visit to the Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior stores at the Emporio mall, in New Delhi, and it was a deja vu moment for the elegant lady.
8220;The best LV stories are of old travel bags made for the maharajas and the stores here remind me of those in Paris,8221; smiled Idrac, trussed in a chic beige dress. In the Capital for an Indo-French summit, Idrac was accompanied by Kalyani Chawla of Dior India, who showed her around the store. 8220;Indian fashion is growing and it is important to have an economic and cultural exchange between India and France,8221; said Idrac. Chawla, dressed in white, harped about the popularity of Indian fashion abroad.
Also in attendance were designers Suneet Varma, Satya Paul and socialite Tanisha Mohan.