India, Sept. 10 -- If you grew up on Doordarshan telecasts and dog-eared Femina issues, stop scrolling - three women, one gilded stage, and the combined legacy that invented Indian glamour as we know it just reunited. Also read | Isha Ambani, Shloka Mehta and Radhika Merchant are a vision in couture at Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla's 40th anniversary

On September 6, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla - the designer duo whose name is synonymous with unapologetic Indian maximalism - marked 40 years of the eponymous label with a theatrical opening of a new flagship store in Mumbai - Mubarak Baug. Set against a backdrop of gold-cut archways, the evening was a reunion of muses. And then, the most unexpected reunion of all happened.

On September 9, the Miss I...