From picking up stylish clothes from designer stores in London to stitching some customised garments, designers Shymali Arora and Kunal Rawal have handpicked garments for John Abraham and Akshay Kumar for Desi Boyz to make sure they fit in with the characters and the situations. The action-comedy deals with how the lives of two friends turn upside down when recession hits Britain and they are left with no choice but to strip and pole dance for a living.

"John plays a confident banker in the film who is a perfect guy and is about to get married. So it was necessary to dress him up in a way that he is comfortable in and that goes well with his character as well," Arora said. "As the film is based in London we did a lot of shopping from designer stores. In fact, John's look is inspired by Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf's look in Wall Street," she added.

Arora has also designed for Abraham in Force. "I have given him suits with banker shirts. Banker shirts are the ones with white collar and white cuffs, which is accompanied by Oxford ties and pocket handkerchief that completes the corporate look," she said. And as Abraham loses job in the film, the designer has given him a distressed look. "For the distressed look, he will be seen wearing fun T-shirts, torn, distressed jeans and leather jackets along with worn-out boots," Arora said, adding she has used charcoal grey, blue and black colours for the actor.

Similarly, designer Kunal Rawal, who has designed for Kumar in the film, has given two different looks to the 44-year-old actor. "As Akshay is playing the role of a young London guy. It was important for me to bring those elements, but since I have been in London before, I didn't face much difficulty in understanding the style of the people here," said Rawal.

"In the first half of the film, Akshay will be seen in a lot of graphic T-shirts, T-shirts with slogans, winter jackets, denims and firefighter pants," Rawal said. And when Kumar's character goes through the lean phase of recession, the actor will be seen sporting love T-shirts, overshirts, blazers and jackets.

Rawal also admits that he visited various designer stores to research, but ended up creating fresh outfits for the actor. "I like to create my own outfits. For Akshay I have tried to make clothes that are fresh and classy. Designing for Bollywood is different as you are catering to a large number of people. So it is important that the looks that you design are fresh and exclusive," he said.