Monday, August 13, 2012

Fashion files: A-listers show the way!

Actors and style icons, film stars are influencing fashion on the ramp and the city streets

“An off-shoulder, dark blue flowing satin gown, layered with black net to give it a rich feel, with pleating from the empire line and a plunging back line’ is how Natasha wanted her dress to be for her 22nd birthday bash, the theme of which she had set as Red Carpet. She went and sought the help of her neighbourhood tailor with this concept in her mind and the required fabrics in her bag, and in less than a week her own red-carpet creation was ready, for just Rs.5500! “I wanted to wear something like what Aishwarya Rai had worn at an international film festival and that is why I chose this theme for my birthday! The same dress would have costed Rs.55,000 or even more had I bought it from a designer and maybe I wouldn’t have worn it a second time, because I don’t like to repeat my dresses, and so it could have been a huge waste of money!”

Well, Natasha is not the only one bitten by the latest fashion trends. In fact, these days, fashion trends and fashion weeks are being inspired by movies and even film stars walking the red carpet. Jean Paul Gaultier was so inspired by the recent blockbuster Avatar that he decided to incorporate the untouched beauty of Pandora and its blue-skinned tribes in his couture collection. Leading fashion magazine Vogue too recently decided to dedicate nothing less than 10 pages to the Na’vis!

Back in India, actress Mumtaz had set a trend in draping saris in the late ’60s with her film Brahamchari. This figure-hugging style came to be known as Mumtaz Saris and is still a favourite with many. More recently, saris made a huge comeback post the film Main Hoon Na when Sushmita Sen looked glamorous in her chiffon saris with sexy low-cut blouses and noodle straps.


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