Ice cream with Anaita Shroff

Ice cream with

Anaita  Shroff  Adajania

Since having a conversation over coffee is too mainstream, I caught hold of Anaita while she was enjoying an ice cream. You hardly tend to find people who commute oh so perfectly with Bollywood and the Fashion industry . The fashion director for Vogue India has styled for all my favourite actors , not just worked with them but gave them a complete image makeover , ( Ash in Dhoom , Deepika in cocktail)

10 th October 2014  

Me : You have worked with all my Favourite people in the industry but who is your personal favourite ?

Anaita:  I only work with people I love, and who inspire me. So  I’ll have to say all the people I dress.

Me : Not many people switch perfectly from working in both industries ( ie mainstream bollywood and the fashion world) , but does your heart reside in one ?

Aniata : My heart and creativity lies with fashion . I m more myself , in the fashion industry whereas in a film , the director keeps on giving in insights and the actor’s opinions also count.

Me: Women like Grace coddington are still working at the age of 71, do you think you ll be working a few decades later?

Aniata : Well it’s easy for me not to work(smiles). I could be with my family at a beach , painting , cooking or just shopping . I like keeping busy and I love what I do , so as per now no plans for retirement.

Me: So lastly what are some tips you’d like to give all the aspiring stylist out there?

Aniata : Firstly , love and live Fashion , read loads of fashion magazines and trend reports. Second , assist a stylist ,there is no better way rather than to assist someone who is great at what they do. Building a portfolio is also a must and lastly build relations , its always good to stay connect and know the people that you ‘ ll probably work with in the future.

And alas , her ice cream finished and it was time for me to head back from the Dream world that Aniata stays in and back to reality . But I did leave with my head filled with notions of where I want to end up.

Up and Close with

Kanishtha Dhankar

The former Miss India and now one of the highest paid models for fashion weeks . You ll see her in most of the shows , being an indispensable part of most of the Designer’s collections. She obliged me with a quick rapid fire session .

So when i asked her about her love for the ramp , she told me “ Well fashion is something i was always interested in. I started modelling before Miss India happened.” So i was interested in knowing where she came from , she told me she belonged from Haryana but she had been born and bought up in Mumbai. 
 I was shocked to know that she is a graduate in Accounting not just that she holds a Post graduate diploma in advertising and public relationships ( she had a very big smile on her face when i told her that that’s the stream I m following too ) . 
Seeing that the conversation was going towards a boring end I asked her what gives her a high and being the unexpected girl she is she said “ watching sunrise on an isolated beach”. 
Quickly thinking about more questions I could  ask her , I inquired about  the Best pick up line used on her “ If beauty was time , you ‘d be eternity “ and i couldn't help put purr an “awwwwww”  Since I couldn't be there to catch all the action backstage I asked  her about all the nerves and excitement that goes on backstage , she said “ the backstage is always exiting , like you said there is alot of nerves and energy . Everyone’s at their best. To be surrounded by soo many people is fun and motivating. Since I had seen her  arranging girl’s in order backstage  when I asked her about this she smiled and said that she feels a part of any show fully and wants the best she can to make it the best. 

Undoubtedly she is amongst the Most famous and top paid model of our times.Despite being at that level she is so adorably sweet and kind , and according to be if you are humble after reaching such heights then you know what success means in it’s right terms.

PS she took the Selfie herself