Sania Mirza finally makes it in the fashion stakes after a makeover

She may not be the brightest star on the tennis circuit currently, but Sania Mirza is surely making waves on what is an altogether new front for her.

Trashed ruthlessly for her garish fashion sense over the years, Sania now seems to have developed a more elegant and flattering dressing style.

On Sunday night, the tennis player was seen in a refreshing casual chic avatar at a movie theatre in Mumbai.
Looking cosy on the arm of cricketer-husband Shoaib Malik, Sania wore a pair of dark denims, which she teamed with a pop art T-shirt, a trendy white cape and thong sandals.

To add a touch of glamour to her otherwise informal look, the 25- year-old flashed her large diamond solitaires with a bright red patent leather Louis Vuitton bag and a matching belt reaffirming her status as a rising fashionista.

Sania also seems to have lost more than a few kilos and all her baby fat, looking svelte and toned, maybe even a little underweight and gaunt - as compared to what she used to be.

While in the past, she has often impressed the fashion police with her sporty chic look and trendy little tennis skirts on the court, her disastrous off-court appearances almost always served to negate her efforts and had her ending up all too often on the fashion faux pas list.

Her choice of traditional Indian wear, especially during her wedding in April 2010, didn't work in her favour either.

Fashion designers criticised just about everything about her get-up, from her choice of jewellery, colour palette to the silhouettes.
2012: Sporting a trendy cape, diamond solitaires and an LV bag on Sunday

Whether it's thanks to hubby Shoaib or all the free time on her hands, Sania's slow and steady makeover in the style department is for all to see. A blessing for us as gone are her ill-fitted jeans, unsightly tight T-shirts, dreadful accessories and over-the-top make-up.

If she continues in her glamorous endeavour, Sania may soon help swell India's WAG (Wives and Girlfriends of sports personalities, for the uninitiated) club, which currently boasts of just one member, Mahesh Bhupathi's better half Lara Dutta.