Backstage with Sonam Kapoor
By: Shwetha Shiware
Date: 2008-10-22
Delhi: If you see Sonam Kapoor walk around with smudged mascara (it's intentional), you'd know she's in love with rockstar Amy Winehouse's bouffant look. She tells Mid Day why she feels like Madonna in Tarun Tahiliani's bejewelled denims
Comfortably seated, flipping through W magazine, actor Sonam Kapoor looked unnerved when we caught her backstage minutes before she went on ramp for Tarun Tahiliani's Levi's show. Despite a bad case of shoe bite gone worse, which declared her to be "shoe-less" or in flats on the runway, she looked calm. This is her second ramp effort after walking for designer Anamika Khanna at India Couture Week, last month.
Even as she shrieked, "I love fashion!" we knew it wasn't just something she'd said. As she spoke frantically about her love for Anne Hathaway's look on the cover of the latest W, on Gwen (Stefani), and how she is awestruck by alt rock artist Amy Winehouse's style, Sonam knew much more than her Diors from Chanels. As we watched her sitting in a Top Shop ganji with an undone bow-tie hanging around her neck loosely, it was evident she knew how not to lose her individualistic streak. "On mag shoots, I am in full control. I let the stylists pick options, but the final call is between the photographer and me. I have to make sure it's me in that picture," says the long-legged lady.
Fashion is very mood-centric for Sawariya actor. "Like today, I have these funky red Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses on; I don't care, I think they're cool. I do what I feel like," she grins. Sonam loves to go crazy with the wardrobe, "If I had to pick a red carpet outfit, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino or a Galliano would be outlandish and statement-making," she says, adding, "A TT (Tarun Tahiliani) or Abu-Sandeep saree would be equally stunning."
Sonam's denim tip
High-waisted denims or boot-cuts are safe for the Indian body. Big hips get toned down with this style. Skinny jeans should be left for women with skinny legs and small hips.
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