Wishful Thinking

SHE wore them when she was preggers to hide her belly. She wore them for months after to enshroud her post-partum plumpness. But hopefully,this year Aishwarya,still the most beautiful girl in the world,will drop those outdated anarkali tents for something more flattering. Or she stands to be Madhuri Dixit-Nene’s long-lost twin.

Katrina Kaif

Thou shall wake up and smell the ennui.

THOU shall not flutter the eyelashes in the name of histrionics. Thou shall wear a ponytail just for the sake of experiment. Thou shall get a stylist and listen to her for once.

Masaba Gupta

Thou shall not clash prints anymore.

FUN prints of quotidian items — like fans,cycles and cameras — celebrate Masaba’s ‘awesomeness’ instantly. Unfortunately,each week the fashion police find at least two actresses wearing the same sari or shirt by this pretty designer. We don’t care who wore it better,dear Masaba,give us something else to wonder over.

Vidya Balan

Thou shall not don the ghungat.

AS much as I adored Sabyasachi’s selection of saris for Vidya Balan at Cannes,her styling was an experiment that aimed to shock more than awe. “It was absurd that someone should show up in a day jury like that,” laughs a Delhi fashion veteran. Besties Sabya and Vidya need to holiday together and return with a Refresh button.

Manish Malhotra

Thou shall not marry net and neon.

MANISH’S trend of gauzy nets with gaudy pop colours has launched a copycat industry by itself. All that Mr Malhotra — him of flowing-chiffon-saris-on-Bolly-Babes fame — needs to do is come up with a new fad to sweep the nation.

Sonam Kapoor

Thou shall not over-style as she did at Cannes.

THERE isn’t a designer in this country who won’t sell her last sewing machine to get the preternaturally pulchritudinous Sonam Kapoor to wear one of her frocks (or even just carry a tiddy scarf) on the red carpet. But La Kapoor,whose latest pictures see her in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt,suffers from severe over-styling. “I still think her lace and sari,and excessive styling at Cannes,was the biggest fashion faux pas of 2013,” says a senior Mumbai designer. “Perhaps because she is the only stylish actor we have,we expect more.”

Anju Modi

Thou shall style more movies.

BANDHNI dots,cholis with doris,abla lehengas and geometric borders on the inside of shawls. Anju Modi’s first foray into film styling with Goliyon Ki Rasleela — Ram Leela is such a visual feast,we predict the best costume National Award is hers for the asking. Our only wish,please don’t let Ram Leela be your only film. A very pretty please.

Nita Ambani

Thou shall not don ice-cube size diamonds at cricket matches.

SORRY Mrs A,but they don’t match with the sweats. You’re gorgeous enough to make a style statement,so try giving subtlety a chance.

Karan Johar

Thou shall not wear the chenille jacket again.

MOVIE industry mogul,stylist to Shah Rukh Khan and a menswear designer to boot — Karan Johar can’t be forgiven for that giddying velvet jacket uniform he wears on his Koffee with Karan chat show. How about a linen jacket in pastel hues instead? It will surely off-set that bloody-red rug.

Tanishaa Mukherjee

Thou shall not out-do your sister in the bad-fashion stakes.

FOR the first time in your life,you’ve got the country’s eyeballs on you (Bigg Boss’s finale episode). And what do you wear— an evening gown with leggings? Really?

Kangana Ranaut

Thou shall stay as you are.

IS there anyone more original,sincere and playful with fashion than the girl Aamir Khan finds the sexiest in Bollywood? Kangana Ranaut,stay fabulous.

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