"Dont take fashion too seriously," Wendell Rodricks pipes in and lightens up the mood.
Bollywood and television have been major influences for the fashion crazy youth and also the global industry. Kabra says, "Bollywood has played a huge role in taking Indian fashion to the masses. The word 'fusion' today is dated because the silhouette is becoming more global. Successful cinema is a reflection of society as it is today."
While Rodricks says that Aishwarya Rai made the biggest impact on the international fashion arena through L'Oreal campaigns, Govind says that the personal styles of popular screen icons also has great impact. According to Priya Kataria Puri, Ash is old news and today Mallika Sherawat and Bipasha Basu are grabbing the limelight.
Today, ready-made-garments are a way to make a fashion statement. Kabra says that since time is valuable in today's busy life, people tend to prefer pret-a-porter, which is satisfactorily fashionable and chic.
However, Deepika disagrees, saying, "Pret-a-porter can never ever replace bespoke tailoring. Complexities of daily life have led to increased sales of pret. In a fast-paced world where time is a precious commodity, one indulges in made-to-measure clothes for occasions. Pret, being more affordable and easier to pick off the rack, seems an easy option, especially for the working professional. Also, Indian pret can never be too basic — there will always be a kinky touch to the simplest of garments."
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