Fashion Parade

a poem by Tanushree Nair

Like beauty, fashion also finally lies in the eye of the beholder
   to decide about favourably;
What is favourable to one need not necessarily be so for others also!
It’s all the advertisements in the mass media
   that brainwashes everyone to believe a thing to be fashionable!
It’s all in the hair style, dress design, shoe model, everything we use,
   car, house, etc. fashion thrives on!
Fashion parade of the world beauties in the eternal FTV
   glues the eyes of the viewers to the TV forever!
Fashion changes time and again like the new bottle that contains old wine!
Human nature changes little but fashion changes a lot in the modern world!
Telephone, car, bungalow, estate, sports ground, swimming pool, etc.
   were the symbol of status for men;
Cell phone, PC with internet facility, latest bike and car, etc,
   are the status of men in the modern society now!
In cell phone, BPL, in cars, Ford, Benz, Opel, Honda City and
   in bike, Honda are the status symbol of
   fashion, sophistication and civilisation!
Man, the supreme competitor against nature, exploits and
   almost excels nature sans success in fashion too!
The fresh fashion of nature excels ingenuity of men
   classically, romantically and also in modernity!
Like the snake that strips off old skin and has a new one now and then
   man beautifies things for fashion’s sake!
With the change of attire, design, look, etc. man
   renews his mood to overcome monotony in life;
For that, all ideas man gets from nature only and invents many things
   for comfort and fashion in the world!
Man saw dragon flies and caterpillars, invented aeroplanes and railway trains
   and still observes nature to make new designs!
In his competition against nature, man makes many miracles,
   yet not so perfect as nature!
So, man changes designs, colours for house, cars, dress, etc.
   in the name of fashion of and on!
Fashions come and go in the world of men but not in the world of nature
   as it is ever lively, beautiful and lovely!
Like the beauties come and go in the fashion parade, men come and go
   in the world fulfiling their parts in fashion!
The creative power of man cannot exceed the creative power of nature
   as the scope, space and time of nature are infinite!
Only one in a million designs a perfect model
   that lasts longer in fashion in the world of man!
Fashion should signify something but not nothing,
   it should be meaningful but not meaningless!
Fashion, which is based on civilisation, should also be based on culture.
The participants of the fashion parade include
   not only the people we meet or move with but also us;
So, our life should be cheerful but not be a comic piece for everyone to laugh at!
That is, we should eat for our self,
   but dress ourselves for others to be pleased with!