Gender Fluid Fashion: Fashion may seem like a shallow outlook to some, and for many, it is a form of liberation. In this context, our favourite Bollywood artists donning a certain type of clothing, hits home, as we feel seen, and confident enough in ourselves.
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The latest trends, expensive outfits, trendiest jewellery, and magnanimous designers are synonymous with Bollywood. Fashion is an integral, interwoven, and inseparable part of stardom giving the audience a peek into the upcoming trends. Bollywood, from times immemorial, has been dictating the popularity, and commerciality of certain costumes, styles, designs and fabric.
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The audience watching it resonates with the expression, and belief of a trend, and the actor/actress wearing it to further personifies it by imbibing them in their expression of personal desires, and style. Hence when a young kid sees Ranveer Singh in a skirt, he knows his identity as a boy is not a limitation to his preference for a flowy and comfortable attire like a skirt.
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Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh’s electric energy and magnetic charm revolutionized the view on gendered fashion for several generations. Yes, he is not the first person to do a skirt, but credit where it’s due, he made it fun and pleasurable. From flowy fabrics, floral prints, chunky jewelry, and trendy eyewear, to salwar-kameez, sherwanis, skirts, and more, the man gender-fluid fashion iconic in Bollywood.
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Deepika Padukone
Deepika has been a fashion icon since her Shantipriya’s pink gown. She never fails to give us all major fashion goals almost every day. Lately, what's striking are the three-piece suit, collared shirts, and dress pants. Her sarees and gowns are sure to die for but have you seen her in pants?
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Shruti Haasan
No conversation about Bollywood fashion is complete without Shruti Haasan. This woman ate almost all of her looks and left no crumbs.
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Chunky silver chains never looked so alluring on a man as it does on her. Shrutz looks like a work of art in a tuxedo and saree.
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Jim Sarbh
Say underrated fashion icon of Bollywood and it is Jim Sarabh. His outfits are a delight to sore eyes. Be it a ‘Kundaan Haar’ (Necklace) or a skirt, or a dupatta, he will inspire you to wear it to all people.
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Konkona Sen Sharma
Why is Konkona still viewed as a fine actor only when her fashion game is going super strong? Suits, ties, waistcoats, blazers, you name it and she has worn it.
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Gender-fluid fashion is a wave of trend and expression liberating viewers and artists alike to express their identities, likings, and styles uniquely. Further, it goes beyond just clothes in terms of destigmatizing gendered norms of clothing, and even lending a voice to many.