Auras Bhandari, 20 a student of Civil Engineering at Kathmandu Engineering College; Reetu Joshi, 18, +2 graduate, who is currently involved with Kolor Kathmandu; Rijan Upadhyay, 20, who is soon leaving for Bangalore, India to study IT; Yogesh Upreti, 19, a student of Computer Engineering at Kathmandu Engineering College and Priyanka Pradhan, 21, student of Bachelor of Business Administration- Banking and Insurance (BBA BI) at Apex College, share their views on dressing up, how conscious are they about looking good and if they judge people by their clothes.[break]
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How conscious are you about dressing up?
Reetu: I am pretty conscious about how I look especially if I am going out for parties or a date. I check myself out in the mirror and ask my brother, who suggests me what to wear and what not to wear. He rates me out of 10.
Auras: I don’t care about matching colors of my outfits. I choose clothes I haven’t worn in a while, only stopping to check that it’s not dirty.
Rijan: I check the weather before leaving my house and dress up accordingly. Whatever looks good on me, I wear it.
Yogesh: I am not at all conscious. I pick one and wear it until it’s dirty. It’s a basic instinct to dress up according to the weather.
Priyanka: I wouldn’t say I am that conscious about dressing up, although I am very particular about my hair. As long as my hair looks fine, I don’t care what I’m wearing.
Do you feel pressured to dress up well if your friends are very conscious?
Reetu: My friends aren’t that conscious but I make it a point to update myself with the latest trends. I like vintage clothing and I think the main thing is to know how to pair things up.
Rijan: I don’t think anyone needs to feel pressured to dress up well especially by friends. We don’t judge each other with what we wear.
Priyanka: Sometimes, when I see girls pulling off flashy clothes I wish I could do that too. But it’s only momentary. Today, all the girls in my class were in kurthas for Saraswati Puja and I was the only one wearing jeans. I felt a little awkward but no peer pressure really.
How interested are you in fashion, do you follow the latest trends?
Reetu: I think fashion is pretty important. I follow fashion blogs and often Google fashion tips. I buy clothes that I won’t wear it on a day-to-day basis because you never know when you need them.
Auras: I am never up-to-date with the fashion trends. I am the kind of person who rushes to store in a hurry, buy clothes and shoes only when I need them.
Rijan: I don’t believe in trends. As long as you’re wearing clothes that suit you, it should be fine.
Yogesh: I am against the idea of following latest trends. Fashion is propaganda. Someone else tells you what you look good in and with all these fashion magazines, people strive to look like models; you have something to compare yourself too.
Priyanka: I don’t buy clothes I can’t afford and I usually pick up trends after they have faded out. That way, I think, you don’t end up looking like everyone else.
Do you judge people by the clothes they wear or like they say shoes, watches?
Priyanka: You can tell a lot about a person by the bag s/he’s carrying and shoes.
Yogesh: I find it hard to believe that one can judge another person just by clothes. I don’t have that habit.
Rijan: I look at their faces and if they look interesting, I’ll check out what they’re wearing. But I am not judgmental about it. I tend to notice t-shirts if it’s a guy and bags in case of girls.
Auras: Honestly, I don’t know how to judge a person by clothes s/he is wearing.
Reetu: It is very natural for anyone to judge somebody like that since it is the first impression of the other person before s/he opens their mouth.
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