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Fashion Week in India this year saw some bizarre incidents, which were adequately captured by our news-hungry media for the lecherous audience.One model lost her top, while another had a crack at the butt.What this has provided to the people is fodder for gossip.
Now the questions being debated is “Was that deliberate or sheer coincidence?”
Let me bring out my views on the subject.
I would not be judgemental about the whole issue but would try to be objective on it.
Indian fashion industry lacks media footage, and doesn’t have a local presence, forget
aboutbeing known worldwide. When one counts the cities on the fashion map, there is hardly any Indian city that figure in it. So, mayb it was just to create interest in the whole
event, to get more media coverage n create some controversies.Though this would not create a flutter with international media,as being topless is considered no big deal,going by the stuff tht channels like FTV dole out.
So, was it an attempt on the part of the designer to grab more attention to his/her
collection? Can be a possibility, considering that the responsibility of the fabric and its
being worn by the models lie more with the designer themselves.Why would someone go for such a cheap stuff that tatters by some stiff catwalk of a model.
Or was it an attempt by the model herself to get notorious? Again I’ll not rule this out, as
the career of a model spans so less a time that they wish to make the most of it.Getting
into controversies is one way of becoming famous,people will remmber ur name, and u can become recognizable, though for wrong reasons(I cud still recall model Jesse Randhawa in this context).But again this argument is dicey coz in the above cases,though one model had the guts to carry it off very well(n i appreciate her for tht), the other looked disturbed
by the incident.
Internationally,there have been numerous cases of such wardrobe malfunction which to me looked staged rather than genuine.
So, what is the verdict. 60-40. I give 60 for getting it staged, and 40 for the genuineness.
Wht say ppl?
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I don’t think Carol needs any more fame … if it was a newcomer, I might have held a doubt, but not with Carol. Looks like an accident to me, caused by a badly tailored garment.
cheers!
Comment by SwB 04.09.06 @ 3:32 pmmust appreciate your analytical review,
to me the term “wardrobe malfuction” reflects the amount of engineering, or the lack of it, that goes into designing these modern day slip-on-the-ramp wardrobe.
i feel therez more engineering in the event then in the textile and the malfunction is in the head of the people who staged the gimmick.
Comment by Rohan 04.11.06 @ 8:43 amLeave a comment
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It was a dicey outfit. I think what happened was extremely unfortunate.
What was worse that the media took insane advantage of it to increase their own hits. I don’t know whether it the fashion industry benifited from this uncalled publicity but the media sure left no stone unturned to make it a profitable tragedy.
P:S: Nice blog…I didn’t even know I am on your blog roll.
Comment by Sukanya 04.08.06 @ 8:51 pm