Fashion. Fashion. Fashion.
Is it hyped? Yes. No. Maybe. Who cares?!
Just recently I was in the Delhi Metro, travelling to another planet, when I saw a woman wearing a golden coloured pants and a stark white shirt. My immediate reaction was "Oh. My. God." But, soon I recovered. What I noticed after my "recovery" was that she was uber confident and that confidence actually made her look good. Even though she was dressed in a pair of golden pants on a hot summer day she looked good.
And that is what this is all about. Confidence. It is a concept that develops in a human being. Every girl goes through a phase in life when she is gawky, conscious and very aware of people looking at her. Its the "ugly ducking" phase. A phase when you wear clothes you feel stupid in (generally because your mother has chosen them for you), when you feel that it is so annoying to be a girl altogether. [I am primarily talking about a standard girl, not aspiring beauty queens who think about world peace since the word Go!]
Fast forward to the grown up times. By definition a "grown up" is a person who takes his/her own decisions about things. A person who is not dependent on other people to make decisions for them (which may not be true in many instances). But, you do "dress" yourself up.
After being a Metro traveler for over four years I have noticed a lot of fashion trends. Yes, this happens when you travel for over two hours one way. I am now a self proclaimed fashion critique of the women in the metro. I say women specifically because men, well men don't figure out in my current scene. They will appear sooner than later though. It is on the "to-do" list.
Coming back to women and "dressing" up. Well, there are a number of fashion trends I see every day. Some good, some bad and some outright ugly. Now I know why Clint Eastwood was an angry man. Okay, bad joke.
Women wear all sorts of things. The other day I saw a woman wearing a frilly skirt with a pair of loose pants and neon green plastic shoes. My instant reaction, WOW! Why!? I was quick to notice though that she was quite happy in what she was wearing. She did not in any way look like she was embarrassed. Now that, that is something you see a LOT in the Metro. Women from all walks of life wearing all kinds of things and yet being confident.
"Go girl!" the feminist in me says. The Fashion lover in me says, "Oh why?!"
Now look, I am not being a meany. I am just saying that some women need help. The thing is we all have something or the other to wear in our closets. Something we love ourselves in. Something we look fabulous in. The trick is to find things in our closet which we do not like, things we think are not flattering or attractive. What women most need is an "out of the box" thinking. Mix and match, it is the name of the game.
Don't spend money in buying new clothes without looking into that closet of yours and finding something worth while. It is all about thinking before dressing.
If a thought is out into everything we do, why do we neglect clothes? The one thing that make you look and feel confident.
Fashion for everyone differs. They say fashion is something you feel comfortable in. I beg to differ, you are most comfortable in sweat pants (not me, I detest those things) but that does not mean you wear sweats and roam about. That just shows how interested you are in yourself (hint: not at all).
Moral of the story, take risks. Make yourself look good. Wear golden pants, Georgette skirts, frilly skirts or even mickey mouse t-shirts from Janpath with striped capri shorts. Wear anything you like. But, make an effort! Take the road less traveled and revel in the confidence you get from that.
That's enough for now, until next time!
Stay Alive. Be confident. Experiment.
Peace out!
