Shamita’s passion for fashion

Did you know that Shamita Shetty has acquired designing? Before getting into films, the actress planned to pursue a career as a fashion designer. She had even completed a degree course in fashion designing at Mumbai’s SNDT College and was student the college faculty was proud of.
A classmate revealed, “Shamita used to give her 100 per cent to the projects she undertook as a fashion designer. She was brilliant at mixing and matching fabrics and would have definitely been an asset to the fashion world.” Fabrics of varied hues, printed designs and playing with ideas and giving it a creative expression was something Shamita always felt passionately about. But fate had something else in store for her. A film offer from the industry’s best, Yash Raj Films, was too tempting to turn down. When asked whether she gives tips on fashion to sister Shilpa, Sharmita laughs and says “On the contrary, Shilpa is my fashion designer. She gives me tips on how to dress up. When I am leaving the house, I am under scrutiny from head to toe. She sees to it that I dress up neatly and wear the right accessories. My fashion designing was only on paper.”