Manish Arora equips warrior princess for battle at Paris Fashion Week

Paris fashion week was treated to "Game of Thrones" seen through a kaleidoscope on Thursday (March 5) as Manish Arora created a fantasy land of warrior princesses and tribal chiefs in a flurry of pink and gold.

The "John Galliano of India" is well-known for his colorful and outlandish designs but he surpassed himself in his latest Autumn/Winter collection with gold breastplates and studded skull handbags peppering a collection full of punch.

One of Arora's streetsmart heroines went into battle in pink trainers and a feathered Mohawk-style headdress with matching nosepiece, while her sisters-in-arms sported lime green fluffy jumpers embellished with over-sized dragonflies.

Animals were everywhere in the collection from the wolf design on a blue and pink silk dress studded with clusters of crystals, to a pink owl perched on the shoulder of one of the models.

But away from the bright lights, there was a gothic twist with one gold breastplate in the form of a rib cage and a skull motif recurring on numerous pieces throughout the show.

"This is me. I am a fantasy person, I live in fantasy," Arora told Reuters TV backstage after the show, adding he loved the challenge of creating such an elaborate collection.

"We wanted to push ourselves. And we, with my stylist and my team, said we need to go further now. We've done shows, we've been doing shows in Paris it's time to wake up, everybody, and I like complications and after this I think I would like to push myself even more," he said.

Arora is the only Indian regular on Paris's fashion week schedule which he shares with such houses as Chanel, Dior and Valentino. — Reuters