SRK@60: How Shah Rukh Khan became a fashion icon in every decade and then, Sabyasachi’s muse | Bollywood News
Many would call Shah Rukh Khan an underrated actor. But he’s most underrated as a fashion icon who combines the elegance of classicism and the brashness of owning the world with a casual whiff of his custom-blended perfume. That’s why, when he debuted at the Met Gala red carpet earlier this year in a Sabyasachi, people missed the message, even misread it as uncharacteristically muted. Yet SRK had self-coronated himself as the sultan of swag — minimalist with his all-black, floor-touching achkan, the cummerbund and Jodhpur-style trousers and maximalist with his dark glasses, layered necklaces, diamond-encrusted ‘K’ pendant and a bejewelled Bengal tiger head sitting on his spectre. An individualist to the core, he refused to be tamed by his designer and let his personality and wide-armed warmth win over the style hawks. The legendary Karl Lagerfeld would have approved had he been alive. SRK had deliberately worn Akoni’s Eris Two glasses that night. It embodied the rebellious spirit of Eris, the goddess who ignited the Trojan War. The glasses recreate a ’90s-inspired silhouette with …
