Style Icon Sonam Kapoor Turns 28 Today!

Time and again Bollywood's style icon Sonam Kapoor has earned kudos for her stylish looks. As the style dive turns 28 we take a look at her 10 best looks in 2013.

Sonam Kapoor was a fashion hit at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. She gave a tough competition to Cannes regular Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Born on June 9, 1985, Sonam Kapoor is known more for her chic fashion style, rather than her great acting skills. But no one can deny that the babe over the years has evolved both personally and professionally. After working as an assistant director in Black, she made her acting debut opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya.

Though her next few films like Mausam, Aisha, Players, and so on failed to do well at the box office, with projects like Raanjhanaa and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag up for release, 2013 surely seems to be a turnaround year for this gal. That’s what her stars say as well. “Her next film Raanjhanaa which is just on the verge of release will not only be successful, but her performance will also come in for much praise from all quarters. After that in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag too, her contribution will be equally appreciated,” says astro numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi.

And adds, “Sonam will now be entering her 29th year which indicates that the best phase of her life is about to begin – both on the personal as well as the professional front.”

We wish the Kapoor babe a very happy birthday and a great year ahead!

Sonaksi Sinha Happy Birthday Special: Lootera, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again, Bullett Raja –Brunette Babe Is On A Roll!

The Dabangg gal has her hands full with some rather interesting projects this year!

Born on June 2, 1987, Sonakshi Sinha has quickly climbed up the success ladder. Sure, her illustrious pedigree may have had a part to play in Sona bagging a few films initially, but the way she has managed to hold her own in stardom and her knack of choosing award winning films has made her the star that she today is.

Sona has seven films to her credit out of which five have been blockbusters in their own right. And now the actor is looking at a handful of interesting projects in the coming year. So check out the list of films that Sonakshi has up her sleeve and we hope she maintains her winning streak!

Lootera Vikramaditya Motwane’s second film after Udaan has managed, from the looks of it at least, to play up on Sonakshi’s classical beauty. Paired alongside Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi looks every bit the classical beauty in a story that seems like a sweet romantic tale full of old world charm and innocence. It hits the screens on July 5, 2013.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again The second installment of OUATIM has the two heroes – Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan as gangsters fighting hard for the starlet Sona’s affection. Though the movie will be about guns n goons, we hear Sonakshi does have an important role to play in it.

Bullett Raja Set to release this year, it will be the first time Sonakshi will be working alongside Saif Ali Khan. And since she looks better with older actors, this is one pairing we’re definitely eager to see on the big screen!

Rambo Rajkumar The Sinha babe teams up with Shahid Kapoor in this out and out action flick; something along the lines of Dabangg and Rowdy Rathore. And since Sonakshi has been a part of many dishoom dishoom films, but played strictly non action parts, we’re hoping to see the pretty actor fight a couple of baddies in style!

Pistol Set to release in 2014, Pistol is the much awaited remake of the Tamil film Thuppakki. Directed by the Ghajini director AR Murugadoss, Pistol stars Sonakshi and Akshay Kumar yet again. Seems like this pairing just never loses its sheen! We hope it turns out to be an even bigger blockbuster than its Tamil predecessor.

Welcome 2 The unusual pairing of the beefy John Abraham with Sonakshi Sinha may be something that viewers aren’t too sure of. Yet to her, it might be the perfect time to venture out and act alongside other heroes. And this comedy, whose first installment was a box office hit, seems like a good enough place for Sona to do so! So come 2014, and we shall eagerly wait for this rib-tickler!

We wish her a very happy birthday and loads of luck!

Happy Birthday : Janet Jackson - Style Icon

Janet Jackson's style evolution from 1982 to 2002.

Happy 47th Birthday Janet Jackson! To consecrate this hallowed occasion.

As a youngin, Janet Jackson was just the cute baby sister of her superstar brother crew, and her child-style was tethered to their garish-ass '70s costumes. Her showbiz debut was at the age of seven on the stage of the MGM in Vegas, and by nine she was performing on the CBS variety show The Jacksons, dressed in gossamer pants and lamé vests over turtlenecks, cutesy ensembles chosen specifically to match her bros' performative bell bottoms. God bless, but GOOD GOD. Soon enough, she ended up as Penny on Good Times and got to bust loose in clothes that didn't make her look like a tiny genie fresh out the bottle, wearing normal-kid flared '70s collars and dy-no-mite wool plaids and, on one occasion, a ruffle sleeved overall that looks like it inspired the entire Free People line. She was, for a time, America's little sis, and America dressed her like it.

But something happened on the way to Diff'rent Strokes, the '80s sitcom about a rich white guy adopting two young black kids (what?), on which Janet played Charlene Duprey, Todd Bridges' fine young girlfriend: she emerged as a style icon. As one of the only black women on TV portrayed in a positive light, girls all across the country started cribbing her inimitable style: a demure bob with gilded hoop earrings and a teen version of that '80 secretary look that was so popular: bow shirts, peter pan collars, embroidered back pockets on jeans.

The early '80s were a time when you could be ten years old and dress like you were 35, but Janet made it palatable and cute, a little bit preppy as opposed to chained-behind-a-desk schoolmarm. And as she came into her own, she broke out, merging Charlene Duprey's style into her own.

Well, with a little more flair: those kiss socks are the most.

Then came Control. The album that established Janet as a pop star was all about growing up and becoming a woman—she didn't want us to look at her as Michael's little sister anymore—so she needed serious rock star estilo to match. The first video from that album was bad-boyfriend dis song "What Have You Done For Me Lately"—and the first time my old ass caught a glimpse of her in full effect. IT WAS A REVELATION. Not only did a mondo-AquaNetted, pre-pop star Paula Abdul play her commiserating homegirl, Janet debuted the new wave menswear look that she'd carry through her life: gigantic hair, shoulder-padded blazer, chambray vest and a reclamation of the gold lamé she was draped in so early in life, in the form of an oxford buttondown and a stack of gilded bangles.

THIS WAS '80s POWER-DRESSING at its least starchy, and for me and all of the other old-ass people who witnessed it, the Control era was an instruction manual in how to become the badass, no-shorts-taking girl next door. Even when she was going casual, she looked super tough—Cassie's "Me & U" video wanted to be the "Pleasure Principle" video so bad, but it was missing the allover denim, kneepads, and Adidas Sambas.

For her second album Rhythm Nation 1814, she took her menswear even further. It was a concept album about a world in which social disparity is eradicated, so Janet went in for the military hardware and the world flipped. "Rhythm Nation," the song, was so influential that in my dance classes at the time, the teacher would dedicate hours to teaching us the dance from the video, and everyone wanted to dress like her—black leggings, military jackets, ballcaps. She had her own personal Rhythm Nation hardware and bondage straps; I can't figure out or remember if she predated the Boy London hardware caps, but both were around the same time, and she was influential enough that it's not unlikely her steez gave them the idea.

This is not to say she didn't have a softer side. "Love Will Never Do" was one of the biggest singles from Rhythm Nation 1814, and the fleshy video, released in 1991, established her as a bona fide sex symbol. She was all draped up in iconic early '90s fashion, in an outfit that could have been in a Guess ad with Claudia Schiffer: a simple bustier and jeans playing up the essential Bardotness of her swept-up hair and bandana. Off-set, though, she couldn't resist pulling together the look with her signature man-jacket (cropped, as they often were) and major belt that probably weighed 42 pounds. Her sexiness always comes with a few rough edges—but that's part of what makes her an icon. No one dressed like her in the business, but everyone wanted to.

In 1993, Janet went back into acting with the era-defining John Singleton movie Poetic Justice, in which she played a Nuyorican-style poetess-slash-love interest for the incredibly fly Tupac and his godforsakenly fine abdominals. (RIP Pac.) Of course she needed a natural look—the film dovetailed with the '90s African pride movement, in which everyone and their Native Tongues wore a leather necklace depicting the mother continent—so she went with long box braids and a floppy newsboy cap. Translated to the street, it was the same deal—baggy Girbaud jeans, boots (usually Doc Martens, aka "the Jodeci boot"), the everloving giant silver belt, and a baby tee, looking like she just stepped off the pages of Sassy magazine. (Bonus points to the woman behind her in the long floral grunge dress and paparazzi side-eye.)

Remember Janet the Sex Symbol? Though she has remained loyal to her signature menswear over the years, when she's got to gussy up, she takes no prisoners. This gorgeous bias-cut gown at the 2002 Essence Awards is the first example of her wearing gleaming white on the red carpet, and she's done it ever since. She knows it looks gorgeous with her skin tone, and it's a nice, formal contrast to her usual uniform of black on black on black (on brown).

OOPS, except for when she's wearing designs by her lifelong friend, Alexander McQueen. (RIP, Lee.) He was the first person to ever invite her to a fashion show in the late 1990s (if the lateness of that timeline seems unusual, recall that back then, runway shows were not the celebrity-pocked s**tshows they are now—the only people who usually attended were fashion editors and buyers). He dressed her through the years, and even got her out of her neutral hues and into this stunning, gradient kimono dress, which she wore to the opening of his Los Angeles retailer in 2008.

Janet's a fashion icon in part because she's kept it consistent, and made certain styles her own. In 2008, on the "Rock Witchu" tour with Nelly, she kept to her military theme, but updated it for the new Millennium. Beyonce may cop custom, extra-padded Stuart Weitzmans to accommodate all the dancing in her performances, but Janet ain't got time for all that. Stuart Weitzman, meet Jacob Bloch. No fronting, just a silvery Tin Man dance shoe and a bodysuit that looks like she just ejected herself from a space carrier on Planet Philip K. Dick. (Why didn't anyone wear this costume to the Met Ball?) The most touching part of this outfit, and the entirety of her fashion archive, is that even after getting away from the matchy-matchy costumes of her brothers, she still hewed close to the style of her brother Michael. They both loved military, menswear, and the color black—and the best example of this is their unforgettable "Scream" video, which cost $7 million to make, at least some of which was spent on matching nubby sweaters and patent leather pants. Its scenes were replicated in videos by everyone from TLC to Missy Elliott to Madonna, underscoring America's fundamental truth: everybody in pop really just wants to be a Jackson.

Source : MTV