Notes from the unfashionable

I am going to speak about Fashion. That is something I believe in. When I mention that I am in Fashion designing, they think I'm upto selling something! They regard fashion as being frivolous. I am no more frivolous than you. Yes of course I'm in the business of selling, but so are all of you. The way you dress when going for an interview or a party, or merely putting lipstick on. Aren't you selling yourself? We are all in the business of selling. As for me I'm selling Fashion!!

Friday, August 25, 2006


I am waking up
Ask any gregarious guy to write down what he just said ... I am sure he will not remember half the things he just said... gosh this is tough ... I am scared that I have to read all the stuff that I just went on blabbering out to people and more over I have to write them down. Feels peculiar It's like slowing down your thought process and try to organize your thoughts and then write. I feel like I'm swimming underwater where the time has slowed down completely and everything is moving in an animated motion. I can almost feel all my brain parts are trying to oil up it's parts and start in the process! I guess a long stretch of inactivity must have rusted out all these parts.
This is definitely tougher than I thought....
The last time I remember writing down all my mental processes was during my two year stint with my child hood sweet heart Pallavi a story which I will touch upon in due course of time - a time definitely to be remembered and cherished for years to come. But this time I guess I have got drawn in slowly .. I tried resisting for a very long time giving reasons like 'I'm not going to become like one of those freaks floating through the world of so called Matrix(one of my all time favorite movies- though I needed to see the movie at least 4 times before I understood it fully). I guess at last I couldn't resist the temptation to share my bizarre thoughts and viewpoints with the rest of the world.
Here I am trying to wake up from a slumber -which was very circumstantial due to reasons of the "career kind". I mean I was busy with trying to establish a livelihood for my self. It doesn't mean that I am well established it's just that I think I'm in a position where at times I can take a break from work and jot down my thought processes ( rather try to untangle them) . Ah it's thereabouts, I'm already feeling the nerves are going easy on me.
-For all those who will be reading this notes at times just bear with the fact I am having a soliloquy within a soliloquy - cos my mind works like that , a bit disorganized - at times it will be zapping from ideas to idea. But I hope at the end it will make a sense!
Okay now that I have named this blog after something relating to fashion I guess every now and then I will be touching upon that topic. But I must clarify that to me fashion is not only about what we wear- it's about what we see, eat , drink ,sleep , even in the way we talk. As a designer I am a silent observer of all the minutest things happening around me. Each of these things affect me as a person and effects my thought processes as a creator. Thus my notes will be on a lot of these observations. So i hope in the process my brain parts gets oiled up!

Aha at last I feel like I have Woken up!!


P.S. - the above pic is from our Autumn- Winter 2005/06 Collection. It was part of our growing up collection which was well recieved as well as our coming of Age photoshoot with Shonal Rawat. Will be posting various more pics from our collection in the days to come..........Check out our website http://www.devnil.com/

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

the designs are fabulous and the model is gorgeous.. how tall is she, she does look big!

- neetu

8/29/2006 1:12 PM  

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