Costume and Fashion Designer
It’s clothes that make a man. With this fervent belief, Bollywood costume and fashion designer Ashley Rebello creates clothes that are truly a work of art. Rebello has been in the industry for 15 years. His first big break came with the Aamir Khan starrer J
o Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Since then, he has gone on to dress leading ladies and men for many blockbusters such as
Sarfarosh,
Chameli,
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Kambhakht Ishq. From Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Shahid Kapoor to Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai and Tabu —who hasn’t he worked with? He also dressed the bridal party for actress Amrita Arora’s wedding, which included bridesmaids Malaika Arora and Kareena Kapoor. Rebello is also the ambassador of the National Institute of Fashion Design in India where he has spoken with many aspiring student-designers. He used this interaction to watch current youth trends and was inspired to design the hip clothing of the youth movie
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na starring Imran Khan and Genelia D’Souza. This year, he will be dressing the cast of
Dabang, featuring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, as well as Mugdha Godse’s
Help. Besides designing clothes for stars, Rebello has done over a 100 advertising campaigns, over 20 television shows, innumerable fashion shows and the Miss India 2009 competition.
Q&A
Zodiac sign: Virgo.
Relationship status: Single and happy.
Best way to unwind: Lemon tea and a stimulating conversation.
Fave Bollywood movie: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
Favourite Hollywood movie: Silence of The Lambs,
Love Actually.
Favourite book: Many Lives, Many Masters.
Guilty pleasure: Hot oil body massage.
If you could choose a superpower, what would it be and why? To be invisible so that I could rectify things.
What is on your iPod? James Blunt’s “Your Beautiful.”
Something quirky about you no one would know: I get bored easily.
Best personal feature and why: My innocent smile. It can get anything done.
Best feature on the opposite sex: Eyes.
Celebrity crush: Dimple Kapadia.
If you had to choose, would it be Romance or Hot Sex? Romance any day.
Three things you can’t live without: My phone, cranberry juice, mum’s home cooked food.
Most memorable professional moment: When I shot my first song, “Pehla Nasha” from
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
Most valuable life lesson: Never trust on face value.
Motto you live by: One day at a time.
BY: TAMARA BALUJA / PUBLISHED: 7TH ANNIVERSARY SEXY & SUCCESSFUL ISSUE 2010
(PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY REBELLO)
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