Jackie's new dress code
The actor turns fashion designer; he will launch his own label and wants to take part in the next Mumbai Fashion week
Soumyadipta Banerjee
s_banerjee@dnaindia.net
Jackie Shroff will make a quiet debut as a fashion designer this Thursday at Leela Kempinsky. Call it nervousness or a 'deliberate design', Jackie has decided not to be there at the venue to gauge critic's reactions.
"The concept of my clothing will be Ardh-Narishwar. The right side of my garments will always be male going by the look of it. The left side of my garment will be the female part. So, the rough look on the right will be complimented by a bandhni work, or a small ghungroo, or say a little bit of lace-work to signify a female," said Jackie.
So far no models have been hired to walk the ramp for his debut collection. Jackie said, "It won't be a ramp walk. All the money collected will be donated for Alert India with whom I have been working for the last 15 years. It is because of my friend Veera Rao that I got inspired to turn into a fashion designer. She was the one who forced me into realizing this dream of mine." He also showing his henna tattoos on his palms - a sun on the right signifying man and moon on the left to signify a woman.
Jackie said all his designs will be done on khadi garments. The concept is called Khadi - Desi Cool.
"Apart from being a national cloth, khadi is a sensual garment. It's soft as well as sexy. As we speak, I am going to meet the students of Institute Caligari De Milano in Mumbai who are making the garments out of my designs," he added.
Jackie also goes on to reveal that he has got inspiration and guidance from Hyderabad designer Anand Kabra.
Jackie insists that this is not a one-off fad and taking part in the Mumbai Fashion Week is on the top of his agenda. "Of course I want to be on the fashion week. But getting there is not easy and I am working towards it. But I can tell you now that my label will be affordable for everybody," he added.
Jackie wanted to turn a fashion designer after his retirement. "I always knew when I retire, I would be designing clothes. I have always been telling Ayesha (his wife) this. I had this dream when I was in my 11th standard and when I first made hand-painted denims for myself. I turned a designer then. Only now I decided to declare this to the world," he said.