PIX: Taking fashion lessons from Deepika

Whether she's boarding a plane, launching a product, promoting a movie, gracing the red carpet, rocking a photo shoot or serenading the silver screen, Deepika Padukone embodies an inbuilt style.

And in the last few years, the Om Shanti Om star's wardrobe choices have just gotten slicker and smarter. Having one of the hottest bodies in the business, along with an ethereal face, only adds to her clothes horse appeal.

We browsed through Deepika's style files and loved what we saw. Grab a good look and soon, you will too.

Mixing up dull gold with sparkling sequins, the Love Aaj Kal's glittering style makes quite a statement. Add to that a pop of red, courtesy her shiny clutch, to break the monotony. What have you got? 22 karat of awesome chic.

Lending her brand of royalty and richness to a pearl-hued embellished sari, Deepika flaunts some serious bling and an endless navel. If that's not magnificent, what is?

Playing the quintessential Lady in Red, DP stands tall and pretty in a statuesque Gauri & Nainika gown. Her sizzling red lips, sleek pony tail and visible poise complete the look.

On any one else this look, with its overwhelming gold embroidery, would seem too busy or overdone. Deepika, you ought to know, is not any one. Her elegant updo, minimal accessories and slender frame transform ornate into ogle-worthy.

How to look smashing at your ex's party without making it obvious? Ask the Bachna Ae Haseeno beauty. The 25-year-old makes a gorgeous entry in a classic white top and fitting blue jeans at former beau, Ranbir Kapoor's birthday bash.

The leggy babe opts for white again but in a slightly more sexy, slinky avatar. If her intention is to raise mercury in a backless gown with a prominent side slit and rose-red lips, the ploy works. Big time.

The trendsetter's know-how of casuals is just as nifty. Don't you just dig her eclectic mix-and-match between a pair of snazzy shorts, cool tee and scarves teamed up with a pair of over-sized glasses and sling purse?

While Aishwarya Rai Bachchan juggles between Armani and Elie Saab gowns at the Cannes carpet, Deepika Padukone makes a breathtaking first impression in a gorgeous cream 'n' gold Rohit Bal sari at the French Riviera.

Deepika turns on the hotness quotient to slip into a silver grey lame gown. And the end result is a smoking hot, curvaceous version of the star.

Gothic, futuristic or scorching in pink, Deepika's attractive face and trendy aura knows how to sell magazine covers. No wonder she's every fashion publication's enduring favourite.

Going by her modish avatar in the upcoming comedy Desi Boyz co-starring Akshay Kumar and John Abraham, Deepika appears to be bitten by the style bug for good. And boy oh boy, desi and otherwise, does she look good or what?