Dressed to Dazzle!

You look gorgeous! You look splendid! You are the most beautiful lady on earth! These are the common conversation-starters during dinners, parties, social gatherings! We, of course, know what people appreciate: not so much the people, but the clothes they have worn, the necklaces, bangles, ear-rings, or rings! What better way to win the attention of a lady than to flatter her on her clothes, choice of colors, ornaments, and men know very well how to make women float in the clouds! But that is not the whole truth: there are some who know how to present themselves as wholly as possible, without mixing the natural and the artificial! It is not an easy task; it might take several years before we understand the right proportion!

Dressing in general and for an occasion is an art, which very few people master; very seldom lessons are given on proper dressing, except if one is being initiated into the fashion world! But we often come across persons who would look beautiful with whatever they wear; at the sametime we also know people who would look clownish and misfit whatever they wear! We often hear people making comments that we have no taste for colors! I am proud to have a few of my friends who are aces in dressing themselves, and in dressing up others, so much so that they are often in much demand to dress up for special occasions.

The clothes we wear, and the ornaments we adorn ourselves with often have two functions : either to enhance the inner beauty of the person who is wearing it, or to kill the inner beauty and project the artificiality of the clothes and ornaments! The fashion industry is meant to research on the first function and help us realize the ways of enhancing our inner beauty, but reality is far from it. In any fashion parade (which is often dubbed passion parade), the natural grammers are reversed; instead of going along with nature, attempts are made to make a stark distinction between what is natural and the unnatural, which often goes in the name of creativity.

I have realized that the people who dress up best are the people from the villages, who have no sophisticated formula of dressing themselves. There are no special make-ups, and yet when we look at them, we know they are beautiful! The simple clothes and natural beauty present them as far more beautiful than the city-bred artificially decked beauty queens. Clothes and fabrics industry has become one of the most profitable and important business today; fashion designers are much in demand for anyone who is part of the who-is-who of the film industry and political arena.

Any well dressed person is a joy to the eyes of the people who would have a glance at them; the personality of the person is heightened immediately. No wonder people take extra care about their dressing before going for job interviews and examinations. But they may just forget that dress alone does not matter; how you dress is more important than what you wear. I for one, is a poor dresser, who does not pay sufficient attention to what I wear and how I do! I may have to take lessons from my friend, who would only be too delighted to offer me tips on how to dress (she often does, though I am quite used to not listening to her tips)! Maybe next time, I will listen to her tips and see if they make a difference!