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Fashion Shows: Skin Talents?

B Kanishwarya

Oh my India! And its traditions!

This is a cry by many Indian women, thanks to the Indian fashion shows.

India is a country, where women are worshiped. And India has to her credit many women personalities. And in the same land, we find greatest insult to women taking place in the form of fashion shows. Today’s fashion shows show skins of Indian women rather than their talents. But, fashion show organisers claim that fashion shows brings out the best women talents, their skills and mental strengths. However, in practice, we find only skin talents being depicted in many fashion shows. This is an insult to Indian women.

Indian fashion designers design women cloths (or no cloths), which cannot be worn off stage (There are instances where even models have refused to wear these skin-revealing cloths). They lack social responsibilities. If only they can imagine their mothers or sisters wearing these dresses, I am sure that their designing concepts will vary. Thus, the fashion designing institutes are the primary culprits. God only knows why this country needs institutes to tell the world how to design cloths, which cannot be worn. These fashion-designing institutes are doing totally opposite to what they are suppose to do. It is crazy.

Indian fashion designers have seem to forgot the fact that style is a constant and the only variable is fashion. And the readers of this column will agree with me, I am sure, that any women’s beauty does not lie only on skin-skills. Some women do look more pretty when their skin is better covered, rather than revealed. Measuring women only on the basis of skin-skill is dangerous to the future of this country, which is exposed to several forms of media. I wonder where the next generation will land? May be at a dress-free boat.

Another comedy of fashion shows in India is that of season-based (winter collection, for example) shows, since India does not have either a fall or even a definite spring. India has a mix of all seasons all over the nation, due to her geographical diversity. Thus, a show titled Spring Collection or Winter Collection does not make sense.

Media too are starving for such half-naked skin photographs. This has been well utilised by fashion show organisers. The lesser the cloths they wear, brighter the chances that they will appear in next days media. Media should also function with its social responsibilities. They should avoid giving undue importance to these kind of cultural-distorting factors.

Fashion shows are exploiting women. But who cares? Even the participating models do not care, why should someone care? Models are suppose to be paid to display designer cloths. But not for wearing less cloths (or no cloths).

Fashion shows do show very little on trend or style. They depict more of skin to attract audiences. There can be found no legal frame work to control this kind of skin exhibitionism. The cultural ministry should take serious action against these activities, which degrade Indian women. It is unfortunate that the Indian feminist organisations have not taken up the matter seriously. They need to join hands and attack this issue.

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