Narendra kumar turning to films

Bollywood fashion designer Narendra Kumar, who has styled clothes for Madhur Bhandarkar’s upcoming film “Fashion” and plays a bit role in it too, has another ace up his sleeve - designing the line for the Amitabh Bachchan starrer “Aladdin”.

The Mumbai-based designer is upbeat about his role in “Fashion”. Kumar, who shot to fame after designing outfits for John Abraham in “Babul”, said “Aladdin” would showcase some more of his creativity.Kumar said he doesn’t agree with the idea of showcasing or including “weird clothes” in the name of fashion and creativity.

There are designers who design weird outfits but they remain in the cupboards of people and can’t be worn. What is the use of such creativity which can be of no use to people?, obliquely hinting at Rohit Bal and Manish Arora’s collections. His collections are as stylish as iphone is and yet full of utility.

Kumar, who teaches at various fashion training institutes like NIFT Mumbai, said though youngsters possess tremendous potential, there is a dearth of trained faculty members.

Well, we wish to see more of his work in films.

Hairdo of bollywood star actors

Spike cut is a simple hair cut, short on the sides with hair strands held up or spiked in the middle with the help of hair gel, hair spray or hair mousse in the front. Spikes can be long or short. To look even more fashionable, colouring and streaking can be used.

He brought the spike cut back after quite some time. Remember Aamir Khan with his short spikes in Dil Chahta Hai. Shahrukh Khan's long manes and fluffs have come under scissors. It is the spikey hairdo that a top Bollywood star seems to be flaunting nowadays. SRK keeps upping his style quotient. Getting rid of his long mane, the superstar is sporting an attention-grabbing spikey new look in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Aamir sported it with sheer ease, looking young and hip. Post ‘Dil Chahta hai’, spike cut was quite a rage among youngsters. This hair cut may appear weird at the first glance. But the cool look after a spike cut is undeniable, especially on an oval face. Aamir used a different kind of spike-cut in Taare Zameen Par , where he got spikes at the back also. Shahrukh’s spikes are coloured with shades of brown for his new look in ‘RNBDJ’.

For quite some time now, Bollywood heroes have been sporting crew cut, popularized by Akshay Kumar . In fact, Aamir Khan, who is known for his distinct looks in his movies, sported crew cut for Ghajini . John Abraham had shingled cut for Dostana . Actor Rahul Bose can be always seen in a crew cut.

So to look cool, hep, and young, spike cut is a good option. But for manly and rugged look, crew cut would be better.

Does Indian Fashion require celebrity showstoppers ?????

Fashion Weeks were originally buisness events wherein fashionable
outfits were displayed to seek buyers. The clothes were the
showstoppers, for they were original, arty and stylish.

With changing times, the scenario has changed there in Fashion Weeks
and more and more glamour is being drawn out on ramp by roping in
bollywood celebs. Models are surpassed by them and there popularity is
used to charm more media attention which means more buisness.

But, this is just a one-sided story and there are designers who
proudly stand apart. When designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna were
asked why they didn’t use any celebrity on the catwalk at the India
Fashion Week, Rahul Khanna replied: “Our clothes are our showstoppers.
It’s a business event, let’s keep it that!”

But in a world of glamour where media visibility is all about ‘what’s
hot’ and ‘what’s not’ is measured by roving video cameras present,
having a movie star in front of a celebrity-hungry media really make
bad business sense??

While a few other designers publicly at the fashion week were happily
posing for the cameras, hand in hand with their celebrity
showstoppers. And the media is often just a means to a (business) end.

Rina Dhaka, one of India’s most popular designers, at home and abroad
said that when a star wears the designers clothes it helps him to sell
the product to the customers.

And publicity is one thing that always tags along with celebrities on
the runway.

Off the stage, if you happen to see a crowd in the corner, you can be
sure that a Bollywood star or a beauty queen is at the centre posing
away in front of the flashbulbs.

The Indian fashion design industry’s overall production was just
around 2.7 billion rupees in 2007, with the majority of customers
being Indian. Sunil Sethi, president of the Fashion Design Council of
India said that if celebrities are walking,people identify the success
of the designer with that.

So is it any surprise that the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai,
which is usually chock-a-block with celebrities, receives more media
coverage than the India Fashion Week and the Delhi Fashion Week in the
Indian capital?

As Rina Dhaka points out: "Celebrities do make a difference!"

What do you think — are you interested in buying stuff only if a
Shilpa Shetty or John Abraham look good in it?