DON-NING THE WHEN ABS LEATHER LOOK DID THE Don, I think, is extremely TALKING stylish because Farhan Dard-e-Disco, the chart- (Akhtar), who directed the topping number, would film, the designers and the be a style statement in stylists who created this Farah Khan’s Om Shanti look envisioned it to be Om. I didn’t know six- sexy, edgy and uber cool. packs would become such a buzzword. When I Farhan understands the started working out, it nuances of good dressing, was more to keep fit, but so he knows how to map the six-pack didn’t hurt. your look according to the Girls were swooning over character you are playing. them. I had no clue it was So Don is my most such a craze, but now favourite among all, with fitness has become a part its sculpted leather jackets of my life — though I and gloves, smooth shades must admit getting that and, of course, the wicked body was a labour of smile (laughs), style-wise. love, lots of hard work, correct eating habits and unadulterated discipline. I am sure there were actors who had a better body than me but possessing six- packs became ‘the thing’ THAT’S with Dard-e-Disco. MY LOOK Shah Rukh Khan has come a long way from his floppy look in the 1989 TV series, Fauji. Dubbed as the Sexiest Asian Man by popular media, the 48-year-old actor talks about his five favourite looks with Asmita Aggarwal CAREFULLY CARELESS, AND HOW He is the undisputed Badshah of Bollywood, but there is a lot more to the humble boy I think Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was cool. It had this half- from Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar than fame, money and power. Shah Rukh Khan, the TAG shirt-in and half-shirt-out look which is how I wear my shirts in Heuer brand ambassador, is also one of the most stylish Indian actors. Yet he says, real life too. So it worked well for me and is remembered as a “Personally, I am not a very stylish person. There are stylists and designers who have touchstone of sorts for style aficionados. helped me look this way. So if you think I am well turned out, it is because of their creative inputs.” He adds, “I wear a black suit and I am good to go, almost anywhere. The other day I saw myself in a fashion magazine which declared that I am one of the ten most stylish people in India and I was honestly embarrassed.” Of the many films he has done, Khan says, “some have grabbed the audience’s fancy, while others have receded into the inner spaces of their memory. Here is my list of favourite trendsetters.”

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