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Celebs play dress up at home
After having spent over 50 days in lockdown, most people are now tired of being in their pyjamas, shorts and tees. And it makes this the right time to take a cue from celebrities, who aren’t letting lockdown blues ruin their fashion game.
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently shared a picture of her rocking a blue six yard drape and wrote, “Felt like wearing a saree. So I did...at home.”
Stylist Vikram Sethi agrees that many celebs are ditching their stay-at-home wardrobe and opting for elaborate styles. “The good part is that it also inspires others. Many people have reached out to me for tips on upping their wardrobe game amid lockdown,” he says.
Enjoying Ramzan festivities at home, actors Hina Khan and Gauahar Khan are also styling themselves in traditional attires. “Ditching the pyjamas and dressing up can be a mood booster. The myriad colours of Indian attires can truly bring life into our days at home. If this year it means celebrating indoors, so be it,” says Hina.
Designer Rina Dhaka outlines that the effort of dressing up is worth the time. “We’ve become laid back, so getting up and dressing up is an effort. But it’s like having a hair wash and blow dry, you’ve to make effort, eventually it feels great,” says Dhaka.
Designer Nachiket Barve also terms it as a perfect time to experiment with style. “Take those sartorial risks which you otherwise wouldn’t have, when you’ve to step out,” he says. And stylist Isha Bhansali feels that clothes make a lot of difference to your mood, and encourages all to join the trend.
Actor Sonnalli Seygall has her hands full amid the lockdown, but if there’s one thing that’s a priority for her, it is fostering a friend’s dog. “My friend, who had gone to Dehradun, couldn’t come back as flights were suspended. His dog, Majnu, was alone here, so I brought him home. Now, I’m living with three people and three pets!”
What’s more, the Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) actor has taken it upon herself to feed the stray dogs in her locality every day. She has also taken to social media to urge people not to abandon their pets during this crisis. She says, “There are no cases right now to prove that pets spread Covid-19. I understand everyone cannot love pets like I do, but people need to understand that country dogs (strays) are dependent on us for food...I advise everyone, even those who don’t like animals, to just keep a bowl of water or leftover dal chawal outside their houses or buildings.”
Seygall, 31, has rescued and adopted a few pets herself, and encourages others to follow suit. “I feel the ones who have pets in their houses would be much happier people during the lockdown, as pets are such stress busters, especially now. It’s such a nice feeling to have pets in the house,” she opines.
Making toddlers wait patiently in front of a bowl of candies and asking them not to eat, does it sound like a challenge? Well, it has become the latest trend to go viral after makeup mogul Kylie Jenner posted a video of her daughter, Stormi Webster, doing so as she directs her not to eat the candies till her mom returns. The clip of Webster, 2, exhibiting complete selfcontrol went viral, garnering millions of views.
With the challenge becoming popular in India, Delhi resident Pooja Dixit attempted it with her threeyear-old daughter. “My kid just could not wait for me to return and had eaten at least half of the chocolates kept in front of her,” she quips, adding, “I need to show her Stormi’s video.”
Not everyone who appreciates the challenge is in favour of trying it. Mommy-blogger Tanya Puri is all praises for the challenge, but doesn’t feel that’s how she will teach her son. Psychologist Dr Pulkit Sharma, too, suggests other ideas to teach kids. “[Rather] than putting kids in such a situation, parents should find their own ways to teach kids. You need to be calm in dealing with them. The best way a child learns is through example,” he says.