ऋषि कपूर अपनी बेटी से कितना ज्यादा प्यार करते थे, यह तो सभी जानते हैं। उन्होंने तो अपनी बेटी की शादी भी इतने धूम-धाम से की थी कि उसकी काफी समय तक चर्चा होती रही। इस ग्रैंड वेडिंग के लिए एक-एक चीज काफी केयरफुली सिलेक्ट और प्लान की गई थी। रिद्धिमा के शादी के जोड़े से लेकर जूलरी तक के मामले में मां नीतू कपूर पूरी तरह से इन्वॉल्व थीं। शायद यही वजह है कि कपूर खानदान की इस लाडली की वेडिंग ड्रेस से लेकर जूलरी तक परफेक्ट नजर आई थी। इन्होंने किया था लहंगा डिजाइन रिद्धिमा का शादी का लहंगा अबू जानी और संदीप खोसला ने डिजाइन किया था। इसमें ट्रडिशनल और मॉर्डन डिजाइन्स को क्लब किया गया था। रिद्धिमा के लहंगे का कलर रेड था, जिस पर सिल्वर और गोल्डन कलर का वर्क किया गया था। इनमें जरदोजी और गोटापट्टी वर्क भी शामिल था। लहंगे के पैनल्स पर वर्टिकल वर्क किया गया था, जो उस पर किए गए ओवरऑल सिल्वर पोल्का डॉट्स वर्क में और डिजाइन ऐड कर रहा था। रिद्धिमा ने सिर पर जो दुपट्टा लिया था, उस पर हेवी गोल्डन ऐंड सिल्वर वर्क किया गया था। वहीं बॉर्डर पर लहरिया प्रिंट की पाइपिन देखी जा सकती थी। रिद्धिमा ने इसके साथ मैचिंग चोकर नेकलेस, मांगटीका, ईयररिंग्स, लाल और सुनहरी चूड़ियां और कलीरे पहने थे। मां के गहने ने एक इंटरव्यू में बताया था कि वह और रिद्धिमा दोनों ही ज्यादा साड़ी नहीं पहनती हैं। इस वजह से दिल्ली के रिसेप्शन को छोड़ शादी के सभी फंक्शन्स के लिए लहंगा डिजाइन किया गया था। उन्होंने यह भी बताया था कि शादी में रिद्धिमा को वो गहने भी दिए गए थे, जो नीतू को अपनी शादी में मां से मिले थे। इस तरह से उन्होंने अपने खानदानी गहनों को बेटी को दे दिया था। दूल्हे राजा ने पहने थे इनके कपड़े दूल्हे भारत साहनी ने फेमस फैशन डिजाइनर रोहित बल की डिजाइन की शेरवानी पहनी थी। सफेद कलर की इस शेरवानी को प्लेन रखते हुए कॉलर और कफ पोर्शन पर लाइट सिल्वर एम्ब्रॉइडरी की गई थी। भारत ने जो स्टोल लिया था, उस पर भी इसी सेम वर्क को रिपीट किया गया था। वैसे ऋषि कपूर के कपड़े भी रोहित बल से ही लिए गए थे, वहीं नीतू ने अबू जानी के डिजाइन किए कपड़े अपनी बेटी की शादी में पहने थे।
हम में से ज्यादातर लोग साल की आखिरी तिमाही का बेसब्री से इंतजार करते हैं। ऐसा इसलिए क्योंकि पूरी साल में यही तीन महीने होते हैं जो मौज-मस्ती के साथ-साथ त्योहार, उत्सव और शादियों जैसे भव्य कार्यक्रमों से घिरे होते हैं। महिलाओं के लिए ये महीने इसलिए भी अक्सर खास हो जाते हैं क्योंकि महानवरात्रि की धूम से लेकर करवाचौथ तक उन्हें आए दिन सजने-संवरने का मौका जो मिलता है। इस दौरान जहां कुछ घरों में शादी की तैयारी होती हुई दिखाई देती है, तो कइयों के यहां दिवाली पार्टी में क्या पहनें और क्या नहीं, सिर्फ इसी पर बात होती है। ऐसे में इस दरमियान जो सबसे ज्यादा टेंशन में रहती है वह है होने वाली दुल्हन, जिसे मेहंदी से लेकर शादी के फेरों तक में क्या पहनना चाहिए? बस इसी बात की चिंता सताती है। यूं तो इन दिनों इंटरनेट पर फैशन की भरमार है, लेकिन शादी के सभी इवेंट्स में खुद को हटकर लुक कैसे दिया जाए, इसको बताने के लिए कोई नहीं है। ऐसे में अगर आपकी भी यही टेंशन कि मेहंदी के लिए हरा, संगीत के लिए पीला और शादी के लिए लाल तो फेरों के लिए क्या.... तो अब घबराने की जरूरत नहीं, आज हम आपको फेरों के लिए एकदम परफेक्ट चॉइस बताने जा रहे हैं.... भारत के सबसे अमीर बिजनेसमैन मुकेश अंबानी () की बेटी पीरामल (Isha Ambani) से यकीनन आप सभी वाकिफ होंगे, जो अक्सर शादियों-पार्टियों में एक से बढ़कर एक लहंगे को पहने हुए दिखाई देती हैं। ऐसे में जब बात आ जाए फेरों के लिए कुछ हटकर पहनने की तो क्यों न ईशा अंबानी के पिंक लहंगे को सर्टोरिअल चॉइस बनाया जाए। जी हां, इन दिनों शादी में लाल लहंगे का ट्रेंड भी बहुत हद तक कम हो रहा है अब होने वाली दुल्हनें कंट्रास्ट शेड के लहंगे पहनना ज्यादा पसंद कर रही हैं। ऐसे में क्यों न लाल-पीला छोड़ शादी के फेरों के लिए पिंक लहंगा बनवाया जाए। ईशा अंबानी ने अपने भाई आकाश अंबानी और श्लोका मेहता की प्री-एंगेजमेंट रस्म में अपने पसंदीदा कॉउटूरियर्स (डिज़ाइनर) में से एक अबू जानी संदीप खोसला का डिज़ाइन किया हुआ कस्टम गुलाबी लहंगा पहना था, जिसमें वॉल्यूमिनस स्कर्ट, हाफ स्लीव वाला ब्लाउज और मैचिंग का दुपट्टा शामिल था। इस ब्लश पिंक लहंगे को जॉर्जेट फैब्रिक के साथ तैयार किया गया था, जिसमें रेशम के धागों से बने फूलों और छोटी-छोटी कलियों को उकेरा गया था। यही नहीं, Bugle Beads और क्रिस्टल एम्ब्रोडरी ने इस पहनावे को अधिक हाइलाइट करने का किया। इतना ही नहीं, अपने लुक को पूरा करने के लिए ईशा अंबानी ने अबू जानी संदीप खोसला के इस लहंगे को डायमंड पोल्की जूलरी के साथ स्टाइल किया। जिसमें झूमर झुमके, मांग टीका, चूड़ियां और गले को स्वर करता हुआ चोकर के साथ बहु-स्ट्रिंग हार शामिल था। अपने दुपट्टे को दिलचस्प लुक देने के लिए ईशा ने कमर के बीचों-बीच डायमंड बेल्ट लगाई हुई थी। सटल मेकअप के साथ स्मोकी आंखों और न्यूड लिप्स के साथ ईशा अंबानी ने अपने बालों को खुला छोड़ा हुआ था। खैर, जो भी हो अगर आप फेरों में लाल-पीला नहीं पहनना चाहती हैं, तो आप ईशा अंबानी का यह ब्लश लहंगा चुन सकती हैं। अगर आपका बजट अच्छा खासा है, तो आप अबू जानी की वेबसाइट पर भी विजिट कर सकती हैं।
Designer Romeo Hunte is no stranger to devoted fans. Since launching his impossibly cool namesake label in 2014, his clothing has appeared on celebrities like Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Laverne Cox, and Tessa Thompson and athletes like Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul. Most recently, Zendaya wore Romeo Hunte’s Boxy suit for her InStyle cover story, for which the Euphoria star’s stylist Law Roach pulled all-Black designers.
In July, a week after the RH office has re-opened, Hunte tells me that being in lockdown during the pandemic has given him time to reflect. Despite having had to edit back and hold off on some new drops as a result of stay-at-home orders, the brand has continued to be there for its customers, in part by pivoting to manufacturing masks. “The reviews were just like, ‘Oh, thank you so much. This brightened up my day,’” he says.
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As factories and warehouses closed due to the lockdown, a lot of brands have had to slow down and get creative. Some have had to turn to upcycling old fabrics and pieces for the new collections. Part of it has to do with the fact that they didn’t have access to new fabrics with the closures; another has to do with sustainability — an issue that has been brought to the forefront as a result of the pandemic. Romeo Hunte was ahead of this. In February, he unveiled his Fall/Winter 2020 collection that incorporated archival looks from Tommy Hilfiger. (While the production has since been delayed due to the pandemic, Hunte will be working on making it available by pre-order later this year.) “I’m really excited about this partnership,” he says. “Tommy has been an amazing mentor and like a godfather to me, and just to be the first designer, and the first Black designer also, to work and take his archives and upcycle a lot of the pieces and taking his brand identity and mixing it with mine…” he says.
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The partnership came about organically for Hunte who has always been a master of deconstructing classic silhouettes into unexpected, high-fashion creations. “I used to take a lot of my mother’s vintage pieces, I got in trouble a lot for that, but I’d take a lot of her pieces and upcycle it. I’d take it apart, deconstruct it, put it back together,” he says. “When I first started the brand, that was not my thing. I was like, ‘Okay, I did that when I was home bored.’ But over the seasons, it’s so crazy how fashion really is, it just connects. It definitely connects with your culture automatically and with your past and your experiences, even when you don’t really want to express those things.”
When it came to the collaboration, Hunte says he was inspired by the idea of giving existing pieces new life. “I was like, ‘Tommy, I really don’t want to do something new. Let’s see how we can go into your archives and build these amazing silhouettes and new styles for the show that is very exclusive and, at the same time, find a way to celebrate sustainability in a great big way,’” he says. “I think it’s very essential that all brands find a way to be sustainable in some way and shape.”
This idea of reinvention has long been part of Romeo Hunte’s DNA, whether it’s taking a trench coat and turning it into a dress by removing sleeves or adding bold elements, like neon piping, to turn an otherwise-classic staple into a can’t-miss style. For his latest collection, which combined business casual wear and sportswear, he sent out blazer-hoodie and denim-and-leather jacket-coat hybrids that appeared, in true Hunte form, simultaneously statement-making and wearable.
While the last few months have brought some downs for the fashion industry, Hunte is hopeful for the future. “A lot of business plans are changing right now. It is definitely a time to be very strategic; but at the same time, be very optimistic and open-minded.” Personally, Hunte says he will continue to “think outside the box” and do “things that I really want to do.” He adds, “I feel like I’ve been called a disruptor, and now I’m owning it. Like, I feel like I did come in, and I didn’t want to play games. I really got straight to the business. And I found a way to structure my business without [financial] backing and a small team.”
“I’ve been called a disruptor, and now I’m owning it.”
This has proven to be successful for Hunte, who, over the years, developed a loyal customer base, as well as industry acclaim. “I just always had to believe in myself and push forward, and I knew that I could do it,” Hunte says. “It’s a dream come true to dress the former First Lady Michelle Obama and Beyoncé.” It wasn’t without its challenges, though. For one, when Hunte was attending the Fashion Institute of Technology (in which he enrolled after turning down two full athletic scholarships), there were not many Black designers that were doing what he wanted to. “There was only, like, Tracy Reese that was on the [fashion] calendar,” Hunte says. “Tracy Reese is an amazing, beautiful designer of beautiful dresses, but I’m not really a dressmaker. So it was hard for me to relate. But it was very inspiring to see.”
Breaking into the fashion industry proved even harder. “I’ve been told a lot, ‘It takes time.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, if it takes time, I don’t really see that with other designers that are not Black.’ I’ve seen designers start their first year, their companies skyrocket, and they’re all over the internet. They’re all over the publications.” He tells me of his first big show, a moment that should have been a celebration of his hard work and talent. “Right before the show started, it was chaos backstage, we are all trying to start on time, open the doors,” he says, recalling a conversation he overheard between two people working the event. “My show got called ghetto until the doors opened and the models were all dressed, and then the same people who called it ghetto was like, ‘Oh my god, it was so many good, important, amazing people [watching the show], so much support in the industry.’”
This is hardly an isolated incident for designers of color in an industry that favors whiteness and tries to disregard talent even when it’s right in front of their eyes. “You have to prepare yourself. The industry’s not easy, period. I just feel like, as a Black designer, my experience is that I feel like I have to work double, triple harder to even still be here,” he says. “Your work gets overlooked.” With that in mind, Hunte, as someone who has built a strong business and client base, hopes he can inspire young designers to keep following their dreams. “I try and utilize my platform to inspire other designers, to motivate them, like, ‘You can do this, too,’” he says.
While the pandemic has been hard enough on independent designers like Hunte, the news of George Floyd, a Black man, being killed at the hands of the police, added a new layer. “It was a lot mentally to take,” says Hunte. “It was just really hard for us to get back to work, it was so much weight. We already were going through a lot, keeping each other strong, and then for that to happen and more heavy weight to take on moving forward with the brand…”
Following the racial justice protests, fashion — that has long overlooked Black creatives and kept them out of boardrooms — is going through a reckoning, with many calling on the industry to do better in supporting Black creatives. “I think what young designers want is to be included in the stories and have a seat at the table; their work to be compared to the bigger houses, and not just compared but in mind with the bigger houses for trends, and their drops and collaborations to be acknowledged and to be published. That’s what really helps a business,” Hunte says. “I just think it has a lot to do with your presence: How much are you celebrated? How much are you acknowledged? Where do you sit?”
At the time of the interview, Hunte is unsure of his plans for NYFW or the future. “I feel like everyone loves the show and the energy of the models walking. You don’t know what’s coming out, what’s going to walk out next kind of thing,” he says. “At the same time, I don’t know if my client is looking forward to it and that it will make them feel like, ‘I want to get up and wear a Romeo Hunte look and feel fabulous again.’ Or is it, ‘I need to pay the rent and the bills and keep lights on’? I don’t know. We don’t know. We’re taking it day by day.”
That uncertainty doesn’t faze him: “The team, we’ve been strong. We went through wars, but this is one where we’re prepared, and we’re going to go hard for this show, and for the next season, too.” All to say: We’ve seen nothing yet.
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Fans of Telfar’s iconic Shopping Bag have been on high alert this summer, especially after last month’s restock left many shoppers empty-handed. In fact, the Brooklyn-based fashion brand’s entire website had to be shut down in an effort to ward off bots. “Telfar is for the people, not bots,” it shared via Instagram stories. “Store on ice while we root them out.” In early August, another restock was met with the same outcome. This week, though, the brand is taking matters into its own hands.
On Monday, Telfar announced the Bag Security Program, a one-day-only shopping event that will grant all Telfar shoppers a foolproof method of obtaining the exact Shopping Bag(s) they’ve been trying (and failing) to buy this summer. Here’s how it works: For just 24 hours, shoppers can pre-order a Shopping Bag in any size, color, or quantity with “guaranteed delivery,” according to the brand. “The pre-order poses as a novel business solution to overwhelming demand, as the brand is now unsure of how many bags need to be actually supplied to fully meet demands,” a press release said. “Most importantly, however, Telfar wanted to hone back in on their messages that the bags are for everyone, and that Telfar is for the people.”
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Today’s announcement precedes the pre-order, which launches on Wednesday at 12:00am EST and will run until 11:59pm on shop.telfar.net, in an effort to ensure that everyone who wants a bag, knows about the Bag Security Program and can participate in the limited-time event. For those who do participate, Telfar promises to have the bag on their doorstep by January 15 at the latest, barring any “unforeseen delay or disaster.” If, say, an “asteroid” hits, thus delaying the arrival of your Telfar Shopping Bag(s), the brand promises that you’ll be the first to know. Following the 24-hour-sale, Telfar will go back to offering bag restocks by color and size periodically.
“We are doing this so that there is a way to guarantee you your bag without you having to deal with the stress of drops,” the brand wrote in a release. “We will continue to do drops and are working on getting more and more product — but this is a way to both support us, buy direct, and GUARANTEE yourself a bag — even if you have to wait for it.”
So, before this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity passes you by, set a reminder for Wednesday and prepare for all your Telfar-related dreams to come true.
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Over the last six months, the pandemic has caused a steep decrease in tourism and philanthropic funding to Africa — and those on the frontlines protecting animal habitats from poachers have witnessed a significant increase in the wildlife trade. Luckily, Space for Giants, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting African elephants and their natural environments, is working tirelessly to stop them. Now, they’re not alone: On Monday, Space for Giants launched Walk for Giants, a multi-layered collaborative campaign with Net-A-Porter and Gemfields. To kickstart the campaign, the nonprofit released two exclusive capsule collections: a 15-piece sustainable collection to be sold on Net-A-Porter and a 44-piece collection of responsibly-sourced colored gemstones courtesy of Gemfields. 100% of the proceeds from both collections will go toward supporting Africa’s elephants and their natural habitats. Some of the items include a Hereu canvas and leather tote bag, a Burberry safari jacket, and an emerald-cut ring designed with your choice of Zambian emeralds or Mozambican rubies.
The idea for Walk for Giants came to the nonprofit’s founder, Dr. Max Graham, during a trip to Kenya prior to the pandemic. While there, Dr. Graham walked the Ewaso Ng’iro river, the “lifeblood to Kenya’s second biggest elephant population, most of the wildlife in central Kenya, and many of the Kenyan people,” with former Stylebop fashion director Leila Yavari and supermodel Lena Perminova, as well as a number of other philanthropists and influential people, to show them the elephant migration route that the species has taken for nearly 60 years. During the four-day journey, questions arose about how the fashion industry could be of help to Space for Giants, and vice versa: “How do we connect this experience with the fashion industry to create a much broader audience for these issues? How can we help brands come on board and become more compelling to their customers, but through that process, give back?”
“The concept can be boiled down into a very simple question: How can we turn a unit of consumption into a unit of conservation?” Dr. Graham explains. The founder, with the help of Yavari and Perminova, has been building the Walk for Giants campaign ever since.
The corresponding photoshoot, which features both collections, not to mention two elephants, took place at Enasoit Game Sanctuary in Kenya, which is located at the crossroads of a number of animal routes. “You can watch the procession all day,” Dr. Graham says. “It was an astonishing place to do the shoot.” Space for Giants tapped renowned fashion photographer Francesco Carrozzini and creative director Riccardo Ruini to elevate the Walk for Giants campaign, while models Selena Forrest and Arizona Muse were chosen as its faces. “Selena represents youth,” Dr. Graham says of Forrest. “She represents a lot of hope within her community, and I think she’s passionate about Africa and she’s passionate about conservation.” Another reason for choosing Forrest was to bring a younger, more vibrant audience to the conservation effort, which Dr. Graham says is “a bit stale.” “In many ways, [Forrest] represents a real opportunity to make the industry more mainstream and communicate to an audience who we wouldn’t normally speak to.” As for Muse, Dr. Graham calls her the “bonafide face of sustainability in fashion,” making her an obvious partner for the campaign.
Once it’s safe to travel again, Dr. Graham plans to hold a second walk along the Ewaso Ng’iro with some of fashion’s most influential individuals in an effort to raise awareness and funding for Africa’s natural ecosystems. “The fashion industry has a bit of an image problem around the environment,” Dr. Graham says. “However, it’s also very, very powerful — it’s one of the biggest industries in the world.”
Dr. Graham founded his nonprofit Space for Giants in 2010 after a number of the Kenyan elephants he’d been tracking and studying as part of his Ph.D. studies at Cambridge University were killed by poachers. “It really hit home to me, both how vulnerable elephants were to the illegal wildlife trade, and also just how little value they and their habitats have in terms of creating custodians among local people and national governments in Africa,” Dr. Graham says. Today, when the issue of wildlife poaching has once again seen a spike in popularity, it’s more important than ever to protect the natural ecosystems that hold elephants and other wildlife.
The Pantone Color Institute announced its top colors for Fall/Winter 2020 in February, and, one month later, a pandemic abruptly upended everything about life as we knew it — down to even the most minor aspects, like how we dress. For the first several months of lockdown, all I wore were somber colors (black, navy, and gray) that matched my mood amidst all the uncertainty. But once temperatures warmed up and the curve began to flatten in NYC, my wardrobe did a complete 180 (lime green, candy apple red, soft lilac, and buttery marigold yellow). Now, rounding the corner into fall neither dark neutrals nor cheery brights feel quite right for the unusual seasons ahead. This brings us back to Pantone’s color report, and one subtle yet sumptuous color that stood out among the rest: Almond Oil.
Conceived to highlight a “desire for versatile, timeless color” along with a “less is more mindset,” Pantone's Fall/Winter 2020 palette is full of louder hues (radiant orange, acidic yellow-green, and rich scarlet) that would have ordinarily dominated the trend scene. But instead, it was the unassumingly beautiful off-white hue called “Almond Oil,” that caught us by surprise. A palate cleanser of sorts, this creamy shade feels like safety with a touch of optimism. Think almond-milk-colored clouds in clothing form: off-white soft knits, French terry sweats, and chunky sweaters perfect for cocooning yourself in at home. And when combined with crisp lines or delicate fabrics? Almond Oil radiates sophistication, too.
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इस बात में कोई दोराय नहीं कि एक्ट्रेस कभी भी अपने स्टाइल स्टेटमेंट से हमें निराश नहीं करतीं। बात चाहे उनकी फिल्मों के एवरग्रीन लुक्स की हो या फिर ऑफस्क्रीन ऑउटफिट्स की, नीतू कपूर का अंदाज हर बार देखने लायक होता है। ऐसा ही कुछ हमें आज देखने को मिला जब नीतू कपूर को मुंबई की सड़कों पर स्पॉट किया गया। 60 के पार भी अपने स्टाइलिश लुक्स से हर किसी को मात देने वाली नीतू कपूर यूं तो हमेशा की तरह काफी जल्दबाजी में थीं, लेकिन इस दौरान उनकी ड्रेसिंग स्टाइल ने एक बार फिर लोगों का ध्यान खींचा। जी हां, नीतू की पिछली कुछ आउटिंग पर नजर डालें तो आपको पता चलेगा कि एक्ट्रेस हर बार ही अपनी ड्रेसेस के साथ अलग तरह का मास्क लगाए नजर आई हैं और ऐसा ही आज भी देखने को मिला। जब उन्होंने मैचिंग के स्लिंग बैग के साथ अपने लुक को कम्पलीट किया। नीतू कपूर अक्सर अपने पहनावे के अनुसार अपने मुखौटे (मास्क) को पहनना पसंद करती हैं। जिसकी झलक आज भी बखूबी देखने को मिली। सिटी आउटिंग के लिए नीतू कपूर ने चेकर्ड शर्ट के साथ बरगंडी मास्क पहना था। जिसको पेअरअप करने के लिए उन्होंने ग्रे डेनिम के साथ ग्रे लोफर्स को चुना था। यही नहीं, मास्क मिलता-जुलता उन्होंने मैचिंग का चैनल स्लिंग साइड बैग भी डाला हुआ था, जो उनके लुक को कम्पलीट करने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ रहा था। वहीं, बात करें उनके ओवरऑल लुक की तो कैजुअल आउटिंग के लिए उनका यह लुक एकदम परफेक्ट था। मिनिमल मेकअप के साथ कानों में डायमंड स्टड्स उनके लुक को स्टाइलिश बनाने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ रहे थे। खैर,नीतू कपूर को देखकर एक बात तो साफ है कि एक्ट्रेस अपने पति ऋषि कपूर के जाने के बाद भी अपना ख्याल बखूबी रख रही हैं। वैसे आपको एक्ट्रेस का यह अंदाज़ कैसा लगा? हमें कमेंट करके जरूर बताएं।
महेंद्र सिंह धोनी को उनकी शानदार कप्तानी, बैटिंग और विकेटकीपिंग के लिए जाना जाता है, लेकिन ये भी मानना पड़ेगा कि इस खिलाड़ी का स्टाइल के मामले में भी कोई मुकाबला नहीं है। हेलिकॉप्टर शॉट से दिल जीत लेने वाले माही अपने स्टाइलिंग सेंस से भी इम्प्रेस कर देते हैं, फिर चाहे बात किसी इवेंट में जाने की हो या फिर फोटोशूट की। डैपर धोनी आमतौर पर इंडियन क्रिकेट टीम की ड्रेस में नजर आने वाले धोनी, जब मूवी 'एम एस धोनी' के प्रमोशनल इवेंट में पहुंचे, तो सूट में उनका डैपर लुक देख लोग भी फिदा हो गए। फिट फिजीक वाले धोनी इसमें बस कमाल के ही लग रहे थे। कूल डूड लुक महेंद्र सिंह धोनी ने कई बार अपना कूल साइड भी दुनिया को दिखाया है। खासतौर से जैकेट और ब्लेजर जैकेट में उनका क्रिस्प ऐंड शार्प लुक सुपर इम्प्रेसिव होता है। कैप्टन कूल का चिल लुक धोनी न सिर्फ खेलने के दौरान बल्कि दूसरे इवेंट्स और यहां तक कि फोटोशूट के दौरान भी एकदम कूल ऐटिट्यूड रखते हैं। उनकी यही चिल आउट अप्रोच उनके फैशनेबल डूड लुक में भी दिखाई देती है। जेंटलमैन लुक वैसे 'कैप्टन कूल' के नाम से पहचान पाने वाले धोनी एक जेंटलमैन भी हैं। दीपिका पादुकोण और रणवीर सिंह के रिसेप्शन में जब वह पत्नी साक्षी के साथ शरीक हुए, तो उन्हें ब्लैक टक्सीडो और नेकटाई में स्पॉट किया गया। यहां उन्होंने जिस तरह से पत्नी का हाथ थामा और बाद में हार्दिक पांड्या के साथ अपनी चिर-परिचित स्माइल देकर फोटो खिंचवाए, उसने लोगों का दिल जीत लिया। ये बात तो तय है कि महेंद्र सिंह धोनी जैसे इतनी सहजता के साथ स्टाइलिश और फैशनेबल दिखने की कला हर किसी में नहीं हो सकती।
