The afterlife of a worn dress

Celebrities wearing loaned designer clothes for big events is an open secret. But where do these clothes go?

- Pooja Singh

Earlier this week, director-choreographer Farah Khan said something that got social media muttering. "Manish (Malhotra) ki party main Manish ne kapde diye the," she told Bharti TV, explaining that one of the country's top designers had loaned clothes to celebrity guests at his highly publicised Diwali house party. "Woh humne next day return kar diye (we returned them the day after)... It is almost like a fashion show with A-listers wearing his clothes... people are able to see his designs."

While some were surprised to learn that celebrities often wear clothes loaned from designers to parties and red-carpet events, others raised concerns about whether designers go on to sell those garments as pre-worn or new?

Well, some keep these in their archives but many put garments worn-either for a night out or on the runway or red car-pet-back in their stores and sell them as new. Designer Tarun Tahiliani, who keeps them in his archives, says there's nothing wrong about putting them back in stores as long as you are transparent.