Be it on the Oscar red carpet or the corridors of Connaught Place, our obsession with fitness and toned bodies has redefined what clothes means to us. They are no longer reflection of which social-cultural-economic strata one belongs to and dressing up for special occasions. Now, clothes are more about exposing your best assets and covering up your liabilities while the stress is on dressing down.
A sensible man once said, “Less is more difficult”. Flaunting a noodle strap, low-waist pants and a pair of stilettos is not as easy as buying the rip-offs in Sarojini Nagar. If only our Desi Kuddis could be a little more careful about the delicate balance fashion today involves. There is a lot of work that goes into creating the images that go into a Cosmopolitan, a Marie Claire, even our Desi Femina for that matter. The picture in the magazine represents an instant when everything is just right, which has to be made ‘righter’ using countless softwares. Behind that image is a hungry anorexic model who is at the mercy of her hair stylists, make-up artists, designer and even plastic surgeons.
Sadly many desi college wanabees represent talking-walking wardrobe malfunctions. A few fashion faux-pas that can be commonly sighted on any campus are:-
- Nobody is too keen on looking at your butt cleavage, so limit the descent of low-waist denims
-Underarm growth and sleeveless blouses don’t go well together.
- Stretch marks look best covered up.
-Brassiere straps visible under Spaghetti top straps looks as bad as it sounds.
- If you are still bent on wearing the low-waist, at least reassure us that your underwear strap that invariably becomes visible does not sport a RUPA or BABA SULTAN brand (Believe me, the latter brand exists!!!)
- Wax it before you flaunt it. Hairy backs are not too attractive (for either gender).
(Please feel free to make additions…)
As an architecture student I find it amusing how the Minimalism movement started over a century ago is redefining Indian fashion. As a guy, it is difficult for me to complain about the changing scheme of things (no pun intended!). If only the finish was a little better…
A sensible man once said, “Less is more difficult”. Flaunting a noodle strap, low-waist pants and a pair of stilettos is not as easy as buying the rip-offs in Sarojini Nagar. If only our Desi Kuddis could be a little more careful about the delicate balance fashion today involves. There is a lot of work that goes into creating the images that go into a Cosmopolitan, a Marie Claire, even our Desi Femina for that matter. The picture in the magazine represents an instant when everything is just right, which has to be made ‘righter’ using countless softwares. Behind that image is a hungry anorexic model who is at the mercy of her hair stylists, make-up artists, designer and even plastic surgeons.
Sadly many desi college wanabees represent talking-walking wardrobe malfunctions. A few fashion faux-pas that can be commonly sighted on any campus are:-
- Nobody is too keen on looking at your butt cleavage, so limit the descent of low-waist denims
-Underarm growth and sleeveless blouses don’t go well together.
- Stretch marks look best covered up.
-Brassiere straps visible under Spaghetti top straps looks as bad as it sounds.
- If you are still bent on wearing the low-waist, at least reassure us that your underwear strap that invariably becomes visible does not sport a RUPA or BABA SULTAN brand (Believe me, the latter brand exists!!!)
- Wax it before you flaunt it. Hairy backs are not too attractive (for either gender).
(Please feel free to make additions…)
As an architecture student I find it amusing how the Minimalism movement started over a century ago is redefining Indian fashion. As a guy, it is difficult for me to complain about the changing scheme of things (no pun intended!). If only the finish was a little better…
5 comments:
i totally agree with you president babu, butt cracks , or let me be more specific, HAIRY but cracks are not at all attractive. and i would like to add that this is not only the case with girls, its the guys too, and being in the same college we have got nice and abundant examples in front of us.;).
well all i would like to say is people, please buy clothes for covering your private parts up completely, if not for yours, then at least for other people's sake.
okay.. nice work aman!
atleast u r doing smthng dese vacs..
waise many personal attacks in d above 4 articles.. i see!!!!!!
dude....i had a nice laugh reading all your above articles. trust me, its been a while since i read something so sensibly mundane.
keep up the good work. :)
nice work...!!!
if u could tweak out ur english a bit more, u'd make a fantastic author n a great read! funny stuff very simply put n wat everyone loves to laugh about!:) keep it cumin!!
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