Since time immemorial fashion has been a
ruling point in a girl’s world, apart from that, chocolates and shopping there
seldom something that can uplift our mind and hearts.
You would agree with me that when one
thinks of DU, one rarely thinks of its enormous workload but rather picture in
mind students hanging out in canteens dressed in high end clothes and looking
picture perfect. The story is sometimes far from so…
In the first year, students are fashion
conscious, they put real effort after their look. Fresh out of their schools
and the monotony of the uniforms it is a race against time to bring out the
‘dudes’ and the ‘dudettes’ in them. Taking a world of people who have never
always had the freedom to dress, they can be seen strutting in heels and
flaunting their accessories. It’s a vibrant and brand new world! As in when the
months go the focus tilts, the semester system leaves you with less time to
really spend an hour in front of the mirror and even the inclination is
reduced. As we roll into the second year we see that comfort becomes the new
‘fashion’. Students wear what is cool and light not only to combat the weather
but as it is also easier to manage. Not only that, but it also gives them that
edge of being ‘carelessly cool’.
Students wear the simples of tees maybe
paired with a vibrant coloured lower and they are set! Maybe after a year
tussling with (a) what you want to wear, (b) what your parents what you to wear
and (c) what you SHOULD wear, you finally develop a ground where it comes to
you naturally! What I call the ‘cosy fashion’. A perfect example that comes to
my mind is of my own class. In the first year all the girls with long hair
would probably put an hour worth of effort just to make the hair fall right or
that the ‘puff’ is just right! Now when I look at my class, they are blissfully
ignorant of what their hairstyle is, in fact most of them just pull it into a
bun and stick a pencil into it to keep it in place!
Many people also have this belief that
all the girl’s colleges are some sort of Mecca of high street fashion. I do
agree that is really the case in some colleges especially the north campus ones
as they have the luxury of ‘Kamla Nagar’ with them but many others just don’t
follow the trend. They follow simple wear, needless to say, the competition is
minimal and the air of the college is relaxed and sweet!
Over the years, though my school and
college, I have learnt that fashion is really not about what you wear or how you
wear it, instead how you wear your attitude! Even if you wear drab clothes but
you have a pleasing personality, people will ‘stop and stare’. Isn’t it true,
that a smile is the first thing we notice on someone? It’s the aura you project
that matters and not the amount of money you have invested behind that
Tee. It’s about how comfortable you can
be with your own self. After all a college is a place where you not only
nurture your brain but also your personality and it does not come from your
looks. Be comfortable with what you really are inside and the world will love
you! After all isn’t that the most important thing?
Image courtesy: Fagun Ralhan
KNOW YOUR FRIEND FROM DU
Tulika Banerjee is a student of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences
for Women. She is very passionate about everything she does... she loves
to write, sing, dance, paint, speak so on and so forth!! Her friends love her because
she loves them A LOT! She generally takes charge of stuff and sees that they
are done properly. She is affectionate, strong and a voracious reader. Life is
fun for her and exploring it is her job. She hopes that she can grow up well
and achieve all her goals.
