Cocktail is yet another rom-com directed by Homi Adajania featuring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty in lead roles. Costume designer Anaita Shroff Adajania has given the actors chic designs, fluorescent colors and tribal prints. Deepika plays the role of a wealthy, spoilt babe who has a bold look and loves flaunting her curves. Her bags are branded, whereas her wardrobe is a collaboration of high street and designer labels such as Dior and Chanel. The beauty keeps experimenting with her tresses and makeup, while her accessories are a combination of chunk jewels from fashion streets or Amrapali.
Just like Diana's character is a tad conservative in adapting the western culture, even her clothes reflect the same. The beauty does not reveal much skin, donning light cardigans over full sleeve shirts, jeans or chinos, finishing it with petite belts, flats to give the look a conventional, casual yet a creative touch.
Gautam's styling is non-fussy. He'd either suit up or pair body-hugging tees with shorts. However, the dandy star also invests in branded Burberry trenches, workbags, jackets and JLC watches (Jaeger-LeCoultre). Most of Gautam's suits are custom made, while his desi wardrobe is from Rabbani and Rakha, Falguni and Shane, and Nikasha.
Kuch Kuch hota hai Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starring Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Read More">Rani Mukherji and Salman Khan directed and written by Karan Johar was a colorful experience. Though K2H2’s fashion is pretty outdated at the moment (within 13 years of its release) it doesn’t take away from the fact that costume designer Manish Malhotra hadRead More
Kuch Kuch hota hai
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starring Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherji and Salman Khan directed and written by Karan Johar was a colorful experience. Though K2H2's fashion is pretty outdated at the moment (within 13 years of its release) it doesn't take away from the fact that costume designer Manish Malhotra had taken everyone's breath away with the movie's style and glamour. Not only bright, young and peppy colors oozed from the film's frame, but the characters displayed too paraded exquisite desi trends flavored with chic western attires.
Rani Mukherjee appeared in colorful tops, miniskirts, hair accessories and shades. Whereas Kajol initially manifested in short hair wearing tom-boyish loose shirt-jackets, dungarees and hair bands but later transformed into a diva with simple saris and flowing locks. As for SRK it was sunny body-hugging tees and leather jackets.
Dil Chahta hai a 2001 modern-day flick, written and directed by Farhan Akhtar, starred Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia. It was a first for Costume Designer Arjun Bhasin, yet the movie turned out to be uber stylish, a trend setter of western wear and a landmark in creating the urban feel.
A new set of attitudes for the millennium were born with this film wearing its liberalism on its sleeve, flaunting trendy casual wear such as short body-hugging tees, jeans with the devil-may-care attitude and rimless glasses.
A 2008 rom-com by Tarun Mansukhani, Dostana featured Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra in the lead. The film was a major influence in creating new fashion trends overall India, but what shocked us is the fact that costume designers Manish Malhotra and Karan Johar haven't used any brands for the movie!
Abhishek's wardrobe is full with bright printed shirts paired with matching stoles and white cargos. The actor displays color blocking with dyed shirts. As for john its colorful tank vests, v-neck tshirts and shorts. (How can we forget the butt revealing hot yellow boxers?). PC dons miniskirts, micro shorts and halter neck bikinis, even her desi avatar consist of saris with cleavage exposing blouses. Whereas the diva's golden swimsuit is a cherry on the cake!
Aisha, another rom com by Rajshree Ojha, casted Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in the lead whereas Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Ira Dubey and Amrita Puri in supporting roles. One of the most stylish movies of its time, Aisha portrayed designer clothes from Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and Christian Lacroix.
Costume designers Pernia Qureshi and Kunal Rawal shopped from New York's streets, thrift stores to the vintage and department stores. Aisha's style statement bag is from Lady Dior whereas the other bits and pieces like the churidar-kurtas are from Anamika Khanna, suits from Kunal Rawal, vintage belts from YSL and watches from Cartier.
