Akshay Kumar or ought to we are saying ‘Athleisure Kumar’, Bollywood’s favorite motion hero’s model quotient has all the time been about ‘consolation over the whole lot’. Be it his unconventional means of styling his observe pants or carrying off hoodies like a boss, Akshay’s vogue recreation has been an ideal amalgamation of cool and cozy kinds.
For Akshay vogue is when he will get to be himself- snug in his personal pores and skin and assured in what he wears. And to make sure that everybody feels the identical, Akshay Kumar is launching a redefined athleisure put on model Drive IX. Forward of the launch, Akshay Kumar spoke to Timesof24 about foraying into the world of vogue, the way forward for athleisure put on in India, the rationale behind his distinctive means of sporting observe pants and why he’ll all the time love his Bollywood vogue journey.
Excerpts from the interview:
Your performing prowess makes you one among Bollywood’s OG superstars, what impressed you to speculate on the earth of vogue?
That is one thing that I’ve wished to do for seven years now. On two events I used to be even near launching my very own line however by some means issues didn’t work out. And now right here we’re speaking in regards to the Drive IX launch so I assume third instances a allure. Issues have a means of working themselves out when they’re meant to be. It’s way more than only a clothes model for me, there may be additionally a way of emotion hooked up to it therefore we’re calling it Drive IX – Engineered with Emotion.
I personally like to put on athleisure clothes as a result of for me consolation tops over the whole lot and it’s all the time on my procuring record. So it acquired me considering we’ve a lot expertise in our nation, nice factories and materials can be found right here. Therefore I made a decision to foray into the world of vogue with Drive IX, a model that provides a spread of athleisure put on and way more, completely made in India.
Your model has all the time been comfortably stylish. Additionally, you may have a novel means of sporting your joggers/observe pants. What’s the inspiration behind the styling?
It’s a parkour factor…when one must run up a wall or soar off a constructing you form of have to hitch your pants to be able to climb. So I began pulling up the suitable facet of my tracks and if I have been to be sincere it helped cool off the warmth somewhat as nicely. (smiles). And ultimately it turned a behavior of sporting my tracks/joggers in that vogue on a day after day foundation which acquired caught by the media and have become a method assertion. I’ve seen followers and stuntmen doing it close to and much and it all the time makes me smile. For me one of the best type of flattery is mimicry.
From boutiques, multi-designer shops to on-line luxurious procuring, has the enterprise of vogue advanced through the years? In accordance with you, what’s the way forward for athleisure put on in India?
I really feel with the brand new age and web entry, vogue has advanced in India and is ever evolving. Persons are extra about sporting snug clothes which additionally seems cool on the identical time.
Athleisure is all about being snug but cool and stylish, this pattern is right here to remain for some time and I see it rising. Observe pants and fits have change into a luxurious now and that’s what I need to supply by Drive IX, luxurious when it comes to model, design, cloth however at reasonably priced costs, in any case model is for everybody.
What are you most snug in, once you don’t should put on what your stylist suggests?
I really like my Tracks and Hoodies, they’re my all time go-to consolation clothes.
What’s your tackle the fashionable Indian males’s vogue sensibilities and the way a lot does Bollywood affect it?
I really feel males’s vogue or vogue on the whole has advanced rather a lot now and it’s rising and with entry to social media and the web, maintaining with traits is changing into straightforward and fast. Bollywood is known for making and breaking traits, generally we get it proper, generally we’d like extra mirrors in our self-importance vans.
Vogue has advanced tremendously throughout my profession, I’ve worn some issues I liked to bits again within the day however wouldn’t dream of placing on now. That’s what’s so nice about vogue, is its energy to inform a decade from one to the opposite, to make us chuckle at ourselves, to make us attempt new issues. I’ve liked my vogue journey, good, unhealthy and the ugly, it’s all a part of our story, now I need to assist others write their vogue story.
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