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Ever since her debut film,Slumdog Millionaire,swept the Oscars,Frieda Pinto has been in the news more for her taste in fashion than for the movies she has signed up.

Nikasha Tawadey dresses up Frida Pinto for a global campaign and gives Ferragamo tips to Indians

Ever since her debut film,Slumdog Millionaire,swept the Oscars,Frieda Pinto has been in the news more for her taste in fashion than for the movies she has signed up. Recently,for My Safe Place,British actor Emma Thompsons campaign against violence towards women,Pinto stepped out of her zone of LVs and Chanels and went for a beige kurta by Indian designer Nikasha Tawadey.

It was nice of her to focus on an Indian

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designer for an international campaign like this, says Tawadey,known for giving quirky twists to her essentially ethnic designs. While the campaign,featuring actors like Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow,will be launched worldwide this summer,Tawadey is giving styling tips on Ferragamao.

Recently,the designer was invited by Italian brand Salvatore Ferragamo to do a styling session for their select clientele in India on how to blend the brands western look with contemporary Indian sensibilities. The event,held at Ferragamos flagship store at the Hotel Trident in Mumbai,saw Tawadey doing up installations to showcase the perfect fusion. Its usually difficult to imagine a Ferragamo scarf with a sari or a kaftan,but if you style it the right way,it can make for an aesthetic blend, says the designer.

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