Invention to fashion

This post is a small attempt to understand how fashion actually starts. Something crazy or stupid all this while suddenly becomes fashion. It had always been a question mark to me. Suddenly loosely stitched pants named Patiayala becomes the season and within months it fades off, there coming leggings sticking to your legs comfortably sometimes even making others to wonder if there is something worn below. And now comes Jeggings, an improved version of leggings, jeans in the format of leggings…and that’s jeggings.. Those who love denim, this should be loved too.. This is with respect to attire.. The same holds for hair style, slippers, bangles and anything.

What I am about to tell is the invention of fashion in placing hair clips. Sounds crazy no…? But that is fashion.. Anything crazy done with attitude becomes the latest in trend…!!

Fashion in placing hair clips.. Hair clips are meant to be in hair.. but it is found in every other place than it is meant to be. In hand, wrist, fingers, clothes, sometimes ever collar.

The other day, I came out of the parlour with a new hair cut. Came out as if I had achieved something. Yet the irony is I have lost something only…!! Anyway the damage is done.

The beautician told me not to clip it for sometime at least till I reached home since it needs to set. Is it cement to set with the base?? No questions.. I agreed..! My home was hardly 5-7 mins from the place with my bike. I didn’t know where to place the clip. I thought of keeping it under seat box but I will forget it by the time I reach home. (my forgetfulness is so bad), did not like the idea of clipping it my dress. My purse would not close if I keep my clip. Mind you, it was only a tiny foldable purse and not hand bag. So this clip was giving me a problem. So out of the need to keep it somewhere, I clipped it to my watch strap. And that moment I never knew I was creating a new roar.

Well.. I clipped it to my watch strap in such a way it was hanging downsides. I had put it purposely in such a fashion so that it would at least look decent never knowing what an impact it would be making in few minutes. Hardly ten feet would I have crossed, I stopped and applied brake because a group of college girls were crossing the road from the opposite chat shop. It was an early evening of Saturday so not much traffic was there. So it was only me who was waiting for this group to cross. They saw me (they actually turned to see the road and noticed me) and my beautiful clip clinging to the watch. And one of them.. “Hey look at that.. super idea la.. idhan new fashion pola.. naammalum inime adhae try pannalaam” started speaking in tanglish pointing to my clip. I gave one stupid smile and weird expression on hearing that. That was totally unexpected. One of them was even trying to copy it there itself. Left the place immediately not knowing if I should be proud of it or not. Came home and the first thing I did was, check myself in the mirror, not for the hairstyle but for the newly acclaimed fashion. It was actually cool. Enjoyed at the new invention for few minutes and turned to see my mom staring at me. She was giving a sharp look for the haircut and then saw the clip hanging happily in my watch. She didn’t ask anything but gave a naughty smile at me.

That’s when I understood how fashion is actually discovered. Err. Is it discovered or invented..? I would prefer invention because this was not existed before and coming out for the first time out of creativity. Thus whenever I see some weird dress or hair style, I would think to myself the origin of it and smile to myself.