To Shop or Not, a lesson from the Fashion God!

If the fashion folks are to be believed, the biggest dilemma assailing mankind today seems to be the question of "whether to shop or not"!From a time when wearing the same clothes more than once used to be deemed as the biggest fashion faux pas anyone living on the planet could commit, to seeing Marc Jacobs attending two events back to back (namely the screening of Inglourious Basterds and the September Issue) in practically the same outfit, excepting his shoes, only reflects the reality of the situation we are in! If a fashion God could repeat his clothes I guess we all need to keep the plastic where it belongs (in the wallet) and start "shopping" our closets instead! Hope Anna isn't listening, don't want to throw a damp towel on her Fashion's Night Out plans, that is supposed to encourage shopping!

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Why Karl wears the suit and Marc the skirt!

The very people who bring variety into the closets of millions choose to be frugal in their own dressing choices.Why so?Is it because its economical(pun intended), they are doing clothes 24*7 that the very thought of putting one on themselves gives them a great repulsion or is it because the fashion gods cannot afford to commit a fashion faux pas, that they have stuck to extremely narrow choices of dressing?Despite a fertile imagination churning implausible reasons, the ultimate knock off might be a rather boring and contrived one, much like their dressing.

So it goes like this.Its not everyday that the gods descend from their thrones to offer a glimpse of their superior self to the mere mortals!And when that rare occasion happens, the mortals have to recognise their gods in a fleeting second, before the gods disappear.How do the mortals do that? Because the gods are identifiable by their unique style which no mortal would dare to copy(imagine yourself walking on the beach in a suit or going to the movies in a skirt) !

Maybe this phenomenon can be called as "image management"! Just the way one cannot think of Chanel without the interlocking Cs, so cannot one separate Karl from his suit!Quick recall factor after all matters, otherwise Karl would never be snapped walking in Saint Tropez, and even if he were, there would always linger in the minds of the mortals a nagging doubt whether it was their God or some impostor! And ya as for Marc, poor Marc he cannot do the suit(you know why) and so he decided to wear the skirt or should I be polite and say kilt?

If anyone knows a better reason, please do keep me informed!

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To be or not to be - in Bandage?

What with Hervé Léger tempting you will all those "bandage" dresses that he sent down the runway during Spring '09 RTW show, and the summer ramping down in a few weeks and folks already sinking their teeth into autumn wear, there wouldn't be a better time to be in a grave rush to sport all the chic dresses of Spring! If you were ever in doubt whether you could bandage up well, here's a little tip! Go figure!

Left, Right:Eva Amurri at the screening of Inglourious Basterds at New York City
Centre:Model walking the ramp during Hervé Léger Spring 2009 RTW

Better to leave all the bandaging to the tall and skinny, no?

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