She loves to stack her novels from floor to ceiling, wants to be with a man who is politically, socially and culturally aware, and yet, mostly, 26-year-old Sonam Kapoor is first spoken about for her wardrobe, and then for her choice of roles. But after being in the industry for two-and-a-half years, the actress says that she enjoys the tag of being a sartorial icon.
“People started noticing my clothes only a year ago,” says Sonam. “I’ve been in the industry for two-and-a-half years. When ‘Saawariya’ and ‘Delhi 6’ came, people only spoke about how Indian I looked. The memory of the audience is very short. They forgot about these two years, when all they spoke about was how Indian my looks were and how I was doing those ‘Smita Patil’ kind of roles. But suddenly, with ‘Aisha’ and ‘I Hate Luv Storys’, they started identifying me with those characters. But that’s also nice as it means I did my job well.”
She claimed, “I’m glad that 80 percent of my fans are female and I like that because they like the fact that I’m a real girl. They like that I dress up, and that I dress up for real girls. My dressing is aspirational, but I don’t wear the ‘tight-tight sort of clothes’ that make me look like I’ll steal your husband or boyfriend.” ToI
