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Sabyasachi Mukherjee defends Vidya's Cannes look, says respect not glamour was his brief.
Vidya Balan's look at Cannes this year has raised eyebrows and enflamed opinions on an extreme scale. While most felt it overdosed on desi exotica, the man behind the look, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, will have none of it.
"You want my point of view? I have already put it on the red carpet in Cannes," the designer told
Vidya Balan's look at Cannes this year has raised eyebrows and enflamed opinions on an extreme scale. While most felt it overdosed on desi exotica, the man behind the look, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, will have none of it.
"You want my point of view? I have already put it on the red carpet in Cannes," the designer told
'Only aunties wear sarees? Ridiculous!'
By VICKY LALWANIVICKY LALWANI, Mumbai Mirror | May 23, 2013, 01.06 AM IST
Mirror from London. "India is divided into two major parts: One that embraces cultural heritage, the other is looking for newness. I don't mind opinions. We live in a democratic country. But I would like to ask a few questions. How can people say that Vidya is looking older than she is? How can one say that she is overtly dressed? These are such immature, stupid statements! I hear people saying that women are aunties when they wear sarees. It is the most ridiculous opinion I have heard."
Sabya said he was disturbed with shouts and murmurs that he wanted 'to flaunt his collection'. "If I really wanted to flaunt my collection, I would have given Vidya an array of strikingly different outfits," he said.
Vidya, Sabya revealed, was not too hung up about her wardrobe.
"She clearly kept saying that I and she both shouldn't forget that she was going there as a jury member and the look should be very, very respectable," Sabya said.
Vidya, with whom he has spoken on the phone post the hullabaloo, is not really perturbed, the designer said.
"Vidya has gone through enough on clothes in her early days to be rattled after so many years," he quipped. "Yaar, she is not a model for God's sake! She is an actress! Sylvester Stallone told her that he loved her clothes. Need I say more?"
A close friend of Sabya called up Mirror to add: "Okay, let me tell you that he (Sabya) knew he was putting forth a very strong point of view, which will draw extreme reactions. Even Vidya, I think, knew that... One needs to understand that Vidya has gone there as a jury member. Being on the red carpet in Cannes is about cultural heritage, not mainstream glamour."
Meanwhile, the fashion fraternity rallied behind Vidya, Sabya, and stylist Jayati Bose.
"Vidya is looking fine in Cannes," said designer Anna Singh. "Rekha has worn sarees for more than four decades to almost every place where she goes. Have you seen Hema Malini donning any other garb since the longest time? Vidya is the authentic face of our country and we want her to wear international gowns! Gosh!"
Sandeep Khosla (of Abu-Sandeep fame, who have garbed the likes of Dame Judy Dench and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes the other day) had mixed views on Vidya's look and styling.
"Vidya's first day outfit didn't work for me," he admitted. "But overall, she has looked so radiant.
And we have forgotten that she has done India proud by getting selected as a jury member. Sad but true. Also, I am very disturbed by people criticising the embroidery on Vidya's sarees. Embroidery goes from India to all the other parts of the world. Why are we so mesmerised by globalisation?"
Sabya said he was disturbed with shouts and murmurs that he wanted 'to flaunt his collection'. "If I really wanted to flaunt my collection, I would have given Vidya an array of strikingly different outfits," he said.
Vidya, Sabya revealed, was not too hung up about her wardrobe.
"She clearly kept saying that I and she both shouldn't forget that she was going there as a jury member and the look should be very, very respectable," Sabya said.
Vidya, with whom he has spoken on the phone post the hullabaloo, is not really perturbed, the designer said.
"Vidya has gone through enough on clothes in her early days to be rattled after so many years," he quipped. "Yaar, she is not a model for God's sake! She is an actress! Sylvester Stallone told her that he loved her clothes. Need I say more?"
A close friend of Sabya called up Mirror to add: "Okay, let me tell you that he (Sabya) knew he was putting forth a very strong point of view, which will draw extreme reactions. Even Vidya, I think, knew that... One needs to understand that Vidya has gone there as a jury member. Being on the red carpet in Cannes is about cultural heritage, not mainstream glamour."
Meanwhile, the fashion fraternity rallied behind Vidya, Sabya, and stylist Jayati Bose.
"Vidya is looking fine in Cannes," said designer Anna Singh. "Rekha has worn sarees for more than four decades to almost every place where she goes. Have you seen Hema Malini donning any other garb since the longest time? Vidya is the authentic face of our country and we want her to wear international gowns! Gosh!"
Sandeep Khosla (of Abu-Sandeep fame, who have garbed the likes of Dame Judy Dench and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes the other day) had mixed views on Vidya's look and styling.
"Vidya's first day outfit didn't work for me," he admitted. "But overall, she has looked so radiant.
And we have forgotten that she has done India proud by getting selected as a jury member. Sad but true. Also, I am very disturbed by people criticising the embroidery on Vidya's sarees. Embroidery goes from India to all the other parts of the world. Why are we so mesmerised by globalisation?"
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