Fashion, Style and...Disasters!

By Ayesha Ahmad

I'm neither a fashionista nor a fashion designer in the making. Yet, my fashion sense, more than often, becomes a head turner for most of the people in my department (okay, let us not just limit it to
Mass-com only because girls at the Art's lobby are no less in making my dresses a victim of their scrutinies and mutterings either).



Many of my fellows believe that adorning one's self with good clothes, and that too, for just coming to the university is a mere waste of time but I, on the contrary, staunchly agree with Mark Twain, clothes indeed make the man!


Most of the people, in my social circle, think that being trendy and mod is all about dolling up and possessing fancy dresses. However, to me, fashion and style are primarily a matter of instinct. But, believe it or not, it is this very instinct which makes me fully aware and alert about the horrifying, yet interesting, fashion disasters breaking out regularly within the campus.

Hence, I have a compiled a bitty list of some of the fashion faux pas (French term for 'fashion blunders) which I have lately encountered in our very own Karachi University. The three weird categories are as follows:


1) The Pious Beauties:


This section is exclusively occupied by the girls who find it a necessity to observe purda'h in one way or the other. According to Britannica encyclopedia, purdah is a means of secluding yourself from public observation, but the ladies in KU seem to have a totally different approach towards it. With high heels and black fitted abayahs embellished with a colourful variety of bright, shiny diamontes, these Missie's feel like they are out of this world. And, of course, how can their look be completed without a thick strand of curled/straightened hair making its way out of their head covers!


2) The Match Freaks:


Seriously folks, your scrunchy, liner, kameez, shalwar, dupatta, socks and shoes really don't have to be of the same colour in order for you to look good- talk about eye sores! Not only is this disastrous fashion debacle pointless, but its plainly unflattering and just hideous all the way around. At situations like these, I sometimes wonder if such people have ever come across the term: colour co-ordination. Worse than this, is the fact that there are two maidens in the department of political science who find it an absolute must to dress alike everyday. Are these girls out of their minds or what?


3) The Outrageous Crew:


It's about time that we, the KUrians, accept the ground reality that we have neither enrolled ourselves in LUMS, nor are we studying in a college which only comprises of the elite class of the country. In fact, we all are a part of an institution which caters to the people from all walks of life. There are, obviously, certain rules and regulations to follow when studying at such a place and that 'unwritten' Book of Rules definitely does not include the trends which expose even a teeny weeny bit of your tummy, half of your shins or the exact proper shapes of your long alluring legs. I'm sorry if this sounds a little offensive but all this earnestly takes place within the Karachi University.


Seriously, common sense really is very uncommon!