Mumbai is lit tonight,” we overheard one of the guests say after taking a long and careful look at those seated in the show area at the Gateway of India on Thursday night where the Dior Fall 2023 runway showcase was scheduled to begin.

And lit it was. From veteran Bollywood actress Rekha to British actress and supermodel Cara Delevingne to magician shoemaker Christian Louboutin, Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley to Shweta Bachchan, Karisma Kapoor and Sawai Padmanabh Singh or Pacho, everyone who mattered was present. Isha Ambani walked in with an entourage of masked bodyguards. We also spotted Anushka Shankar, Lakshmi Menon, Indrani Dasgupta Paul, Ujjwala Raut, Masaba Gupta, Arjun Kapoor, Ananya Pandey, Khushi Kapoor and  Virat Kohli. Sonam Kapoor sat alongside Business of Fashion’s Imran Amed. Delayed by an hour, interestingly the show started right after Rekha made her grand entry in the trademark Kanjeevaram. Despite a smorgasbord of famous faces, the star of the evening remained the majestic Gateway, its basalt exterior gathering a warm sheen under the lights.