New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Etching her name into the fashion world, Bhavitha Mandava, a 25-year-old girl from Hyderabad, became the first-ever Indian model to open for the luxury fashion house, Chanel.

Dressed in a comfortable, chic beige quarter-zip sweater and classic denim jeans, Bhavitha made history as she opened for Chanel's Metiers d'art 2025-26 collection in New York, designed by Matthieu Blazy, where models walked on a subway platform next to a parked train.

This was the first time Chanel had showed in New York City since 2018.

It has not been too long for Bhavitha, a licensed architect and product designer, to have ventured into the world of fashion. A little over a year ago, Bhavitha was just an Indian student in the US before she...