Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Fugging Indian fashion





In the grand tradition of incredibly important blogs such as Go Fug Yourself and Manolo's Shoe Blog, I present a new (intermittent) series, provisionally entitled "Fugging Indian Fashion."

I am not sartorially gifted. I nearly always look rumpled and occasionally, I have wardrobe malfunctions: once when I was in a high school concert as the first-chair flute, I wore a tight white shirt with only a lacy white push-up underneath, and a button failed in front of a horrified audience of about 100 well wishers. Perhaps I am not qualified to critique the fashions of others. However, India presents a unique challenge: so many beautiful people, such horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE style. Never before have I met someone who thought it appropriate to wear a bright blue T-shirt bearing the word "FUCK" -- in 200-point Helvetica, no less! -- on casual Friday at a Very Important Multinational Company.

My first victim is Sarah Jane, a VJ on what I presume is an MTV imitator (though she might, indeed, work for the desi MTV).

Inappropriately placed vinyl belt? Check.
Jaunty, albeit ill-fitting, capris over textured tights, conspiring to make a lovely, perfectly sized girl look like an obese leprechaun? Check.
White shoes after Labor Day? Check.
Superfluous laces? Check.

Seriously, check out her expression. Even she doesn't buy what she's wearing.

2 comments:

Molly said...

I know exactly what you mean! My boyfriend is from India and I've been trying to get him to change some of his style. I finally convinced him to quit wearing a bright yellow t-shirt with a gun on it.
Anyhow, glad to have found your blog!
Cheers,
Molly from Kansas

ggop said...

You will probably like the Bollywood Fugly blog as well.
gg