Zeenat Aman recently ruffled some feathers as she called out the current state of fashion. In her latest Instagram post, she said that the designer outfits are mostly “unwearable”.
The veteran actress also shared details of the strong collaboration she developed with the “talented” Bhanu Athaiya in the course of her career.
Zeenat Aman on her relationship with award-winning designer Bhanu Athaiya
In a new post, Zeenat shared a picture of herself wearing a designer outfit and wrote, “I’ve been blessed by the hand of many a genius in my life. The very best in not just cinema, but also fashion. The formidably talented Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first Academy award winner, designed my costumes for over 15 movies including Satyam Shivam Sundaram.”
Zeenat added, “She was prolific and meticulous, and soon after our first partnership had a mannequin made to my measurements. It would stand in her studio, and on this inanimate bust she would actualise the fantastical ideas that appeared in her mind. I only had to pop in very occasionally for trials, an arrangement that was most suitable to my schedule.”
She complimented the designer and said, “No other designer in my life has come close to creating outfits for me that were as comfortable as they were sensual.”
Zeenat finds designers outfits difficult to wear
On finding designer outfits a bit too much, Zeenat added, “I am constantly tickled by my persona as a woman of high fashion. Those who know me know that I am quite the casual dresser. One who finds most designer outfits unwearable! An impossibly wealthy friend of mine, with museumesque mansions in Dubai and London, would routinely gift me haute couture and then rue the fact that their fate was to moulder in my wardrobe. Perhaps one day I will have the wherewithal to wear them or repurpose them into new outfits more suitable to my taste.”
On the work front, Zeenat Aman will make a comeback with Bun Tikki, which also stars Shabana Azmi and is directed by Faraaz Arif Ansari. She will also be a part of the Netflix show The Royals, starring Ishan Khatter, Bhumi Pednekar and Nora Fatehi.