GLAMOUR TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM

As the times have changed so have the people, their ideas and priorities. What I am talking about is the strong impact that glamour has in people's life. I am here not to criticize glamour based industries and neither to show any ill effects of it. But just to talk about the amount that people are wasting in wrong ways of glamorizing themselves. Being a teenager, I would like to write this article from the viewpoint of a teenager. Anybody would be ignorant not to have noticed the impact that glamour seems to have in today's world. It surely seems to have taken the world by storm. People's activities are all based for the purpose of beautifying and ultimately getting the tag of a glam doll or that of a stud. To speak of the entire world my article would be very long so I stick only to the Nepali context.

As I walk the roads of thamel, new road, durbar marg I see a lot of youngsters dressed trying to look like their favorite celebrity. From their hair to their clothes to the attitude they carry everything resembles the foreign celebs. They are constantly trying their hardest to keep up with the changing style statement. I do not think it is wrong to try and look good but I know it can be pretty harmful when you spend your whole time planning what to wear next. I have seen and personally know some people who keep doing that.

It is sad to see that people have become more shallow and materialistic. I strongly believe clothes do not make a person beautiful but it is the person who is capable of beautifying the clothes. But most people especially youngsters seem to have forgotten this and they take it vice-versa. Especially in high schools and colleges fashion is brain storming the youngsters in all wrong ways. This is visible through the kind of uniform that students prefer wearing these days. From the very short and close fitting skirts of girls to guys baggy and choose pants, misfit uniform has become one new trend. It is understandable that young boys and girls prefer looking smart and their best but it should not be done at the cost of spoiling the decency of a uniform. One should always respect one's uniform because it gives a certain identity.

Also, I would like to extend my thoughts to the growing consciousness in girls and women as a whole about their appearance. It may be due to the negative effect of entertainment world that people have become so very conscious. I feel like it has become some sort of law to be thin and look fabulous all the time. Otherwise you end up being the girl with the bad body and terrible sense of fashion. I have seen that my friends too have been infected by this growing disease of looking perfect.

What I am trying to say is we are not models and therefore we don't need to have a perfect10. We are just ordinary people and wearing the latest Chanel boots or carrying a Loui Vuitton bag is not going to make us extraordinary. Instead it will just leave a hole in our pockets.