Verve Magazine - India's Best Dressed List 2008
Koel Purie
QUIRK QUEEN
Signature style “Anything that’s an extension of my mood and expresses my individuality.”
Designer element Kokololo Boutique in Paris, Malini Ramani, Amii Grewal and Manish Arora.
Mother influence “A penchant for loud colours and mad combinations.”
Sartorial soulmates About 500 bikinis!
Colour code “Red, red, red!”
Style icon Audrey Hepburn. “Always elegant, even as a tramp.”
Addictive accents “Lots and lots of shoes.”
Fashion faux pas “Allowing people with a conventional sense of style, to style me.”
Fashion abhorrence “Wearing an outfit that costs more than your rent.”
Favourite fashion moment “Wearing translucent blue wings to my first ever premiere. As crazy as that was, I loved having the guts to do it.”
Eccentric move “If I’m feeling like it (more often than not), I will walk out of the house and into a black tie do in my track pants and ganji, and maybe put on a pair of heels on the way out.
Katrina Kaif
FLIRTY FEMME
Personal style Simple salwar kameezes, tank tops and multi-pocketed trousers, Juicy Couture track pants, silk camisoles, Tarun Tahiliani chiffon saris, 'skimming rather than fitted dresses’. “I do not feel it necessary to dress in keeping with current trends and fashion. Loud-loud things are not me. I prefer to keep it all simple, feminine and appealing. I am a zero accessory person, I never have any jewellery and I never wear any. I would probably buy one handbag a year.”
Quote unquote “I do not feel a person’s clothes should be noticed first. Your presence should speak, you should be noticed. And then, maybe 20 minutes later, people should notice your clothes, like ‘hey, that is a great shirt you’re wearing!’”
London halt Shopping in one’s home base does result in a few favoured haunts. “Miss Sixty, Diesel, the boutiques of Carnaby Street and flea markets.”
Stickler for finish “I am not comfortable in a badly made garment; even if it cannot be seen on screen, a certain quality is absolutely necessary.”
Fashion in film “The style quotient can definitely be upped...a lot of times, we are scrambling for outfits just before shooting a song. It’s pretty difficult.” Having said that, “In the last two years, there has been a rise in awareness in Bollywood, with international designers coming in and Indian designers paying more attention.”
Designers and icons “My favourite designers are Tarun Tahiliani, Rocky S, Gauri and Nainika and Jenny Packham.” Loves the style of “Sienna Miller and J Lo.”
Kareena Kapoor
SCREEN NYMPH
Signature style Clean, chic and casual.
Designer element Manish Malhotra, Aki Narula, Ed Hardy.
Style statement Natural, non caked-up freshness. Kohl eyes.
Sartorial soulmates Well-fitted blue jeans, graphic T-shirts, elegant structured dresses.
Fitness Formula Power yoga and vegetarianism.
Fashion splurges Diamond bracelets. Statement earrings.
Addictive accents Retro shades, the occasional red lipstick.
Fashion mantra Cleanliness is Goddess-liness!
Favourite fragrance Dune by Dior.
Fashion faux pas Coloured straw-blond hair, excess sequins and boot-leg trousers. But that’s all in the past now.
Fashion moment on screen T-shirt with patiala shalwars in
Jab We Met.
Sonali Bendre
BOLLYWOOD SWEETHEART
Signature styleMinimalist.
Style statement A trendy, sleek bob – the hairdo of the moment.
Designer element Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Rajesh Pratap Singh.
Colour code Red, black, wine and plum.
Sartorial soulmates Well-fitted jeans, and formals by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.
Fashion inheritance “A beautiful Maharashtrian Chanderi sari from my mother, and chiffon saris from my mother-in-law.”
Addictive accents “My Omega watch and solitaires.”
Top notes Fragrances by L’Occitane – fresh floral and tea scents.
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