“Now let’s look at you, all stuck up and suffocating, absolutely
the way it should be.” The exact lines in the minds of a chamber maid as she
would dress up her lady in those suffocating corsets, well they say times have
changed. But the same can’t be said about the stigmas that we bring upon
ourselves, mostly by trying to fit into readymade apparel sold online, instead
of choosing an online tailor.
The best argument put forward, “it’s all out there, why
reinventing the wheel?” My argument, “your parents should have thought the same
and adopted a kid, why reinvent the wheel!”
Don’t forget that God didn’t send a readymade you into the
world, you were created and customized to fit in with your kin (even the black
sheep of the family carry the genes of someone similar). Same as when you go
out to pick your life partner you don’t just make a pick because he or she
looked amazing while dating a friend of yours, similar to a garment on a
mannequin. You test him, try him and then make your final decision.
‘Well, picking a dress should never be so complicated; we
have several other issues lined up.’ remarks a friend of mine and I am sure you
must all want to comment something similar; but remember one of these outfits
will make or not just break but shatter your reputation.
Those off the peg dresses were designed for people with the
standard (read robotic) body figures; we are not all the same kind. You have
densely curled hair and all you can do is, be jealous of women with straight
hair, I believe its ok to be envious in these circumstances. But in situations
where you can be smart, why play the fool?
When you can get yourself a nice costume made that
beautifies and compliments your body from an online tailor, why stick to the
ready-to-wear options?
Getting a dress designed and customized to your likes has
its own perks. First you feel like a confident person, able to make your own
statement; second you look like yourself than someone who just follows fashion
not sure about what their own style statement is and last but not the least
it’s why just don a gabardine because everyone else is wearing something
similar from an online fashion store.
I never tried a palazzo just because the world was going
gaga over it, instead I got something customized on those lines for myself from
an online tailor, because I have thin legs and the least I wanted was appearing
like a specter and making a spectacle of myself.
So, while I am making fun of the Victorian women it
certainly doesn’t elate my spirits to think that some random blogging blokewill
make fun of my era by saying that they dressed like a herd of sheep, creativity
and uniqueness was indeed rare.
