Gracing the cover of Dirty magazine, receiving a heartfelt note from stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania and getting dressed by couturiers Abu Jani, Sandeep Khosla and Gaurav Gupta — internet sensation and fashionista Uorfi Javed is having the time of her life.

“It’s a good feeling, but I don’t need any validation from anyone. I got popular because I did what I had to do, not because some designers are now dressing me up or I am attending big parties,” says Uorfi, talking to us minutes after attending Gupta’s store launch on Friday.

Trolling for her experimental sense of fashion have never affected the 25-year-old. “[For] anyone who says that I’m doing this for attention, I can only say, ‘How intelligent are they!’” quips the Bigg Boss OTT contestant, who recently revealed on social media that “no designers would give me clothes, which is why I started making my own”.

Not that she feels bad about it when she looks back on it. “I wasn’t a big name back then. I didn’t know what exactly I was doing, so how could people trust me with their brand? Now, they see my vision. Mujhe aise koi problem nahin hui ki mujhe un logon ne kapde nahin diye. But I have made my point,” Uorfi insouciantly explains.

Days after this post, dressed in an Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla creation, she attended the premiere of their fashion film, as her custom-made outfit — a red thigh-high skirt with an attached pallu and an ornate headgear — drew plaudits aplenty. “Abu and Sandeep had kept me in mind while making this outfit. The blouse screamed Uorfi Javed! I don’t wear anything if I don’t like myself in [it]. This outfit just went with my vibe,” she gushes.

For her magazine shoot, Uorfi was styled by Adajania. She shares, “Anaita wanted to shoot with me way before this magazine cover happened. I couldn’t believe when she first texted me. So, this (our collaboration) was meant to be.”

So, has Uorfi arrived? The actor responds: “Hanging out with famous people isn’t success. Only hard work can help you get work. Yes, I am fashionable, but right now, I have no work. I know these things take time.”

Her recent shoot for Dirty magazine, where Uorfi was dressed by designers Anamika Khanna and Rahul Mishra among others (and the same creative team that worked on actor Ranveer Singh’s photoshoot with Paper magazine), was said to have put a lot of detractors in their place. However, she clarifies, “It’s not like I did that shoot to shut people’s mouths or it gave me any high or kick. When I was contacted for the shoot, I was blown away by their passion and crazy ideas. I truly did it for our love of fashion. I was kept in loop for everything. Like, I was co-curating the looks, I was on calls and [sharing inputs with] designers. Everything was done considering me in mind and that’s how the shoot went.”