Events: Star Screen awards 2011

Who: Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi wore a delicate scalloped black lace dress with a nude lining peeking through. The overall shape of the outfit is quite conservative and she plays it safe with black accessories. The dress is elegant and the red colored carpet plays to Sonakshi's advantage, making the dress and her stand out.

She won the Best Debut (Female) for "Dabangg". Great start to 2011!!

Who: Prachi Desai

My jaw dropped when I saw Prachi's pics - she wore a Shane and Falguni Peacock outfit!! She has walked the ramp for the designers but in sarees. This is so not her style but she makes it work - her prim and neat hairstyle being the only stumbling block. Someone is living dangerously!!

photo credits: pinkvilla.com, filmicafe.com

Eevnts:No One Killed Jessica movie premiere

Who: Rani Mukherjee

Rani wore a showstopping orange-red Donna Karan dress to the premiere that she paired with gold cut out pumps and a gold necklace. The hair and makeup looks beautiful but the dress could not be more unflattering. The fit is awful and the draping is sloppy. Other than the eye-popping color, there is nothing I like here:-(

Who: Vidya Balan

Yikes, whats up with all this bridal red sarees on red carpet? First, Deepika wore it to "Khelein hum Jee Jaam se" premiere and now Vidya. It would have been better if Vidya had stuck to her predictable Sabyasachi sarees.

Who: Kalki Koechlin, Chitrangada Singh

After all that red, Kalki is like a breath of fresh air - understated but chic in a cream saree with all-over leaf motifs which she teamed with a multi-stranded pearl strings.

A misstep by the always fabulous Chitrangada. She wore a Tarun Tahiliani anarkali which really doesnt work becoz of the wide belt. Hand her a sword and she looks ready to do battle!

Who: Shazahn Padamsee, Shraddha Kapoor

Shazahn sticks to cutesy safe formula and gets it right in a leather-velvet dress that fits her beautifully.

I like how Shraddha put together her outfit. She works a couple of popular trends here ( boyfriend blazer and floral top) but makes it look fresh.

Who: Amrita Rao, Kiran Rao

Amrita outfit would have been perfect if she had chosen a brighter color - not the fiery red which seems to be a favorite nowadays but something more youthful.

Kiran wore a delightful Prada Spring 2010 RTW jacket that totally goes with her quirky dressing sense. Its high-time she changed her hairtyle.

Who: Sophie Choudry, Sunita Gowariker

Love the color of Sophie's dress but the look is pretty ho-hum.

Sunita's silk top is fabulous with a luxe feel to it but such a wrong choice of footwear!!

Looks of the day

Who: Dia Mirza
Where: Overdrive awards

So what do you think? She went a little overboard with red accessories, didn't she? The dress and belt are fine but with red slingbacks, I dont know where the red carpet ends and where Dia begins. And this shade of red is too X'mas-sy.

Should Dia ditch the clutch or the shoes or both??

Who: Gul Panang
Where: "Turning 30" promotional event

And this is how you do tacky!!
The t-shirt is cute and unique but in one of those tricky colors. A simple, tailored white wide-leg pants would have been perfect. Trust Gul to get it wrong every-time.

photo credits: filmicafe.com, bollywoodhungama.com

Dhobi Ghat leading ladies

Who: Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra

Whenever I see a plaid shirt-dress of this length, I always feel that the pants are missing:-) Monica's goes for a grunge look whereas Kriti keeps it simple in black jumpsuit. Love Monica's shoes - they are so perfectly worn out - and Kriti's classy color combination but not sure abt the length of her jumpsuit.

photo credits:bollywoodhungama.com, filmicafe.com

Magazine Covers - January 2011

Harper's Bazaar - Karisma Kapur
Vogue - Padma Lakshmi
Elle - Shraddha Kapoor
Grazia - Genelia D'Souza
Verve - Kalki Koechlin
Marie Claire - Anushka Sharma

Karisma looks divine in a Chanel suit and golden heels on the Bazaar cover and I love the blue background. The cover is unfussy and elegant but when did she change her name to Karisma??
Karishma + photoshop = Karisma:-)

The Vogue cover is dull - a complete waste of Padma Lakshmi.

Elle - Gorgeous color composition but way too much text on the cover. Elle really needs to tone down the text. Love Shraddha's pose and t-shirt but not sure if Shraddha has the star power to sell magazines..How did she even get the Elle cover?

Grazia - Nope, I dont like Genelia's dress or her hairstyle although I do have to say the pic makes me wanna go on a cruise.

Marie Claire - And that has to be to the most terrible hairstyle on a cover. Ever.

Which cover did you like best?

Best Dressed List - 2010

Thanks for voting!! Here are the winners and thankfully there are no acceptance speeches:-)

Best Magazine Cover

Elle - Aishwarya Rai


Best Dressed - Sari

Who: Aishwarya Rai

Best Dressed - Bandage dress

Who: Twinkle Khanna

Best Dressed - LBD

Who: Dia Mirza

Best Dressed in Blue

Who: Sonam Kapoor

Best Dressed on Red carpet ( Four-way tie)

Who: Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta

Who: Sonali Bendre, Shahzahn Padamsee

Worst Dressed Celeb

Who: Monikangana Dutta

Happy New Year!!

Bollywood Style Diaries had a great year - thanks to all your comments, support and feedback.

May 2011 be the best year ever!! Wishing you all the color, sparkle and shine in the world!!