Over the past few days there has been a great debate going on in my friends circle that who’s the biggest style icon in the history of this region. Most of the people just acted orthodox and ended up naming the film actors from the bollywood or some models. The justifications they gave were also not just lame but were very pathetic as well.
I still stick to my first choice and that is the founder of our nation Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah a.k.a Quaid-e-Azam.
He was known for his exquisite taste of branded Italian suits and leather shoes at the time when Mr. Gandhi used to roam around semi naked. His portraits at the national library are a showman of style. The tree piece suit, leather hat and shinny black leather shoes would even fit perfect in the modern age.
One of the most successful lawyers in the history of the Indian sub continent didn’t restrict his taste to just clothes. His mansion in Mumbai which was constructed under his watchful eye has been declared a national heritage by the Indian government and these days is valued at an estimated value on $300 million housed a wardrobe that would give a run for the money to the biggest designer stores of this era. A very close source once revealed that Mr. Jinnah had about 500 stitched suits in his wardrobe and approx 300 leather suits.
In his last days he developed a liking for sherwani and a cap which became so famous that people actually started to call it a Jinnah cap.
So here’s a person who was respected in whole of sub continent and was influencing the british and at the same was maintaining an exquisite sense of style.
For me Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah a.k.a Quaid-e-Azam is and will always remain the biggest style icon of Indian sub continent. No Khan or Bachan can come close to him when it comes to style.
Seconded.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the very same portrait in the national library. If I recall correctly, we were both there. And I must say, the man looked stylish all those years ago and he would look stylish today. There's a reason he bagged the hottest chick in Bombay (as it was called back then).
yes you were there and the chick he married was known as the rose of bombay
ReplyDeleteas if that did any good to him...the chick/rose is the reason his generation is as good as 'dying out'...he himself admitted it as one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
ReplyDeletehaving said that, i agree with the Quaid being the style icon part. I think he was awarded something for that too but I have never really checked the authenticity of that.
The Quaid, in his youth was still much hotter than the parsi woman :P