Times…they have a’changed!

If one wants to check out the latest fashion trends of the city, one just has to go to the Priya Complex. There is usually something or the other happening and one can find the hippest crowd hanging around. Even some 10 years ago. I remember a time when khadi kutris and big bindis and oxidized ear-rings were in vogue. A rare bold few wore mini skirts in day time but only to be seen at the Priya Complex.

Sitting with a friend at Priya’s one weekday, I watched the school kids thronging the place…and with their exams just getting over, they were at their carefree best. What was a rarity then has become the norm today. Casual minis and noodle strap tops as revealing as they can get….(didn’t see too much of coloured hair though!). The best part however was that everybody seemed comfortable, the girls as well as the guys. Unlike yesteryears, nobody turned around to stare – except I think for me!

At that age, we had also experienced a fashion revolution of kinds. Baggy Jeans and baggy colorful sweaters with shoulders drooping till the elbow had taken our world by storm. We also used to fold the jeans till our ankles but the looks never came anywhere close to the fashionable Capri looks of today. And dancing at a friends place to the tune of Hawa-hawa and Like a Virgin, we also had our share of fun. We all used to fantasize about wearing minis and revealing tops and be free. But with so many chances now, most at our age will feel rather uncomfortable and much undressed.

An ex-colleague had said, we should have been born either 10 years ago or 10 years later. We are caught at a transition phase…holding on to what was so real and being pushed to a life which is fast becoming sur-real.

But I will not give up my current status in life for anything. I think ours is the last generation who had a chance to live real quality life….no other generation will ever know what they really missed.