31 July,2017 04:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Malavika Sangghvi
It was easily one of the most exquisite high teas that we have recently attended (the other being a few Sunday's ago with the nuns and girls of the St Anthony's Girls' High School on Bellasis Road, but of that some other day)
Simone Arora (in white) with Renu Chainani, Anu Dewan, Malaika Khan, Farah Khan Ali and a friend
It was easily one of the most exquisite high teas that we have recently attended (the other being a few Sunday's ago with the nuns and girls of the St Anthony's Girls' High School on Bellasis Road, but of that some other day).
Catered masterfully by Harsha Kilachand with scrumptious pastries and delicate sandwiches, and festooned with a veritable forest of roses by Gurleen Manchanda, aesthete and designer Simone Arora's high tea at her store on Friday was a feast for the senses. Simone is married to Ajay Arora, the man behind a luxury furnishings brand, and they appear committed to making the word a prettier place, separately and together.
Seen partaking of the surrounding beauty were the likes of Simi Garewal (who informed us that she was on her way to Melbourne next week where she'd be compeering the Indian Film Festival), Bindu Kapoor, Anu Dewan, Mona Narang and Zeba Kohli amongst others, joined by the beauteous ladies of Simone's own clan: mother Zarine Khan, sisters Farah Khan Ali and Sussanne, sis-in-law Malaika, and cousin Laila Furniturewala.
And to remind everyone of the magical hour when they had sat atop an exquisite room in an artfully restored heritage site on one of Mumbai's most genteel tree-lined avenues, Simone had thoughtfully arranged a give-back present of a tiny exquisite fine bone China tea set festooned with roses!
