An Interview With Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar On Style Secrets That Make A Lasting Impression

Director, producer, actor, singer and poet, that’s Farhan Akhtar for you. The multi-faceted personality is quite talented we all know. But that he is a style icon as well, and suave and playful at the same time, is not known to many. Well—turned out and impeccably dressed, his clothes are always above the mark and draw him enough admiration.

We caught up with Akhtar while he was busy with a shoot of Code for brand Lifestyle, to get some style secrets from him. Edited excerpts:

How important are clothes and overall grooming in creating an image? 
I think first impressions are pretty lasting. We all have certain synapses in our brain that make us form some kind of an opinion about someone, when we first see them, depending on how they look. More often than not, when you get to know that person better, they could either live up to that opinion or live down. But you have to agree that first impressions do matter, and I think how you dress and behave has a lot to do with that.

I feel up to a certain degree, clothes you wear are a representation of your personality and who you are. And to an extent that is what reaches out to a person, first time that they meet you.

What’s the one thing, according to you, that never fails to make
a statement?
It would be difficult for me to say because everyone has a style of their own and take on what they feel works for them. I feel it’s important to be comfortable in what you wear, and by that, I don’t mean badly fitted and loose clothes. I mean, you should feel happy in what you wear, and that happiness should reflect in the way you are, and wherever you are.

What describes your style of dressing?
I will say sharp - casual sharp, sharp casuals, sharp formals, and sharp informal.

Following trends or creating your own style statement, what would you tell people out there?
We all need inspirations. It’s very rare that work happens in a vacuum. You get inspired by others, draw from their works, from fashion, from art, and from watching a film styled in a particular way. So, we all need those impulses to draw upon but eventually, what you translate it into,
matters the most.

What you wear depends more on your sense of style and how you can put things together and make it kind of your own. So, I really think, it is a combination of the two because we have to draw inspiration from somewhere thus making it easier to think about the possibilities. Once you know this, that’s when your core and personality takes over.

So, it’s a good combination of inspiration and your own interpretation of it