What We Wear to Express
I wanna be your underwear.
-Bryan Adams (did he really think this through?)
During a micro-ride today, I happened to 'have to' listen to a pathetically interesting FM program. There were two anchors, a guy and a girl. The program had a call-in feature, and they were discussing with a caller the present fashion trend in Nepal.
The woman was saying- There are two types of people. One kind adopts fashion to feel good, and do it basically for themselves. The other kind is more concerned about wearing skimpy clothes (in her words 'angapradarshan garne lugaharu') to attract attention from others.
And she was openly against the second type of people. She was asserting that people should be doing this way and behaving that. Why should she be making such 'ought-to' judgments? Self-expression in whatever way is a right. What I mean is, if I feel uncomfortable with somebody's clothes (for instance, if I happen to sit across a hairy person wearing a newspaper), I hold myself to blame for feeling such discomfort, not him/her. And while I am not going to stare at the man's crotch even if the news there says 'Gold Mine Discovered in Kupondol Heights-Govt. Says Come Take It For Free', I will not tell the man that he is polluting my eyesight.
That having said, please do not come IN banana peels the next time you come to see me. But you can visit me WITH bananas. But again, dont bother visiting if the purpose of your visit was to hit me with those bananas.
My personal guideline is 'dont let them stare at your wear'.
Top 10 reasons why a newspaper is not a good clothing material:
1. You're in deep shit when it rains.
2. In cold winters such as this one, you will get a bonechill with numerous uncontrollable drafts through various cracks.
3. You will tend to get a lot of stares from the passers-by. And you wouldnt want to look stupid if you could help it.
4. You can hardly choose the clothing texture, pattern and design. The last one is an important tool for self-expression. You have to skim through many many newspapers to come up with a nice and appropriate picture in the entertainment section. Can you imagine an executive officer in a meeting wearing a scantily clad angelina jolie on his chest? What if his employees hate anjelina jolie?
5. Newspapers are treacherous when it's windy. They tend to crumple, flap, rip, and tear.
6. When you walk, they rustle. When you run... well, you can't run wearing a newspaper. Refer to #5, coz when you run, you gather wind.
7. It's highly probable that your undies will show. I hope they're not made of newspaper too.
8. Newspapers come in standard sizes. Especially since this size is too small, you have to conjoin many papers together. And newspapers are unstitchable with thread. What else would you use? Stapler?
9. Newspapers can become notoriously unmanageable when it comes to fasteners, like buttons, velcro (you know what's gonna tear first), zippers. So whatever your initial design may be, in the end you will just end up taping the papers to your body.
10. At best, they are good for one time use only.
-Bryan Adams (did he really think this through?)
During a micro-ride today, I happened to 'have to' listen to a pathetically interesting FM program. There were two anchors, a guy and a girl. The program had a call-in feature, and they were discussing with a caller the present fashion trend in Nepal.
The woman was saying- There are two types of people. One kind adopts fashion to feel good, and do it basically for themselves. The other kind is more concerned about wearing skimpy clothes (in her words 'angapradarshan garne lugaharu') to attract attention from others.
And she was openly against the second type of people. She was asserting that people should be doing this way and behaving that. Why should she be making such 'ought-to' judgments? Self-expression in whatever way is a right. What I mean is, if I feel uncomfortable with somebody's clothes (for instance, if I happen to sit across a hairy person wearing a newspaper), I hold myself to blame for feeling such discomfort, not him/her. And while I am not going to stare at the man's crotch even if the news there says 'Gold Mine Discovered in Kupondol Heights-Govt. Says Come Take It For Free', I will not tell the man that he is polluting my eyesight.
That having said, please do not come IN banana peels the next time you come to see me. But you can visit me WITH bananas. But again, dont bother visiting if the purpose of your visit was to hit me with those bananas.
My personal guideline is 'dont let them stare at your wear'.
Top 10 reasons why a newspaper is not a good clothing material:
1. You're in deep shit when it rains.
2. In cold winters such as this one, you will get a bonechill with numerous uncontrollable drafts through various cracks.
3. You will tend to get a lot of stares from the passers-by. And you wouldnt want to look stupid if you could help it.
4. You can hardly choose the clothing texture, pattern and design. The last one is an important tool for self-expression. You have to skim through many many newspapers to come up with a nice and appropriate picture in the entertainment section. Can you imagine an executive officer in a meeting wearing a scantily clad angelina jolie on his chest? What if his employees hate anjelina jolie?
5. Newspapers are treacherous when it's windy. They tend to crumple, flap, rip, and tear.
6. When you walk, they rustle. When you run... well, you can't run wearing a newspaper. Refer to #5, coz when you run, you gather wind.
7. It's highly probable that your undies will show. I hope they're not made of newspaper too.
8. Newspapers come in standard sizes. Especially since this size is too small, you have to conjoin many papers together. And newspapers are unstitchable with thread. What else would you use? Stapler?
9. Newspapers can become notoriously unmanageable when it comes to fasteners, like buttons, velcro (you know what's gonna tear first), zippers. So whatever your initial design may be, in the end you will just end up taping the papers to your body.
10. At best, they are good for one time use only.
posted by Milan at 8:23 PM
2 Comments:
despite such warnings if someone still opts for this novel fashion wear, my suggestion... go for 'under my hat' by mr. dixit... they are at least a good read... aage piche walo ko kripa hogi... u can't resist the temptation too, can u? btw they r colorful too...
Good thing this Top 10 list wasn't about bubblewrap. Because I kinda like this Bubblewrap blouse.
http://www.pinktink3.250x.com/products/bubble_files/image011.jpg
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