They say to find out more about any culture, you should watch its movies. And true to this our Indian movies divulge the secret’s of our societies rich heritage in panoramic style. Over the years Indian movies have also charted the course of fashion in our country showing audiences how fashion have gone from being highly detailed to very revealing and shocking. Check out period films like “Mughl-
E-Azam” and “Devdas”, men and women of those days made all the efforts to adorn themselves in rich ensembles. But if you see the movies in the ’80s, you will find a difference – ornate fashion took a backseat and styles went the colourful orshapeless way with quirky prints, embellishments and cuts.
The relation between movies and fashion was always like chicken and egg where the question of what came first has always boggled the human mind. Today Indian cinema has some of the best designers of the country like Manish Malhotra, Hemant Trivedi, Rocky s, Neeta Lulla etc.creating new styles ane trend for the average Indian to follow. Infact it is also known that Indian NRI”S who have no relatives in In
dia and rarely visit our country establish a link to there roots by watching Indian movies.
The other aspect is the revival-art movies to real life. Think puffy or sausage-sleeved blouses, huge sindoor, bindis, ornate saris and oodles of silver . Think of Sabyasachi Mukherjee…. The look still lives through.Our designers and filmmakers are highly influenced by real life itself, where they often draw inspiration from film history itselfwhile designing new style and outfits. Little wonder then , we see the old trend coming back in new style — like the sadhna style short kurtas with churidaar.
Whether our films inspire and set fashion trends, like Kareenas sari in Chameli or Preity’s colour combination in the song “MAAHI VE”. Films undoubtedly influence fashion as everyone wants to adopt the look they see in the movies. We can finally draw a conclusion that both the film industry as well as fashion world go hand in hand and are made for each other.
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