(*Kindly read (with an open mind) till the end before making any judgements
keeping in mind that this article is from the perspective of U.A.E residents,
Thank You*)
When I am
outside by myself, my psychologist brain gets switched on, what I mean is- I
kind of have a tendency to make use of my time to come up with different
hypothesis for research or come with my own theories by observing people’s
behaviours in different age groups, gender, location, behaviour changes
according to the type of group people hang out with, or fashion.
This time
when I was at the shopping mall a month back in Dubai (before leaving), I had
the opportunity to make some observations again since I was by myself and this
time I was shocked, found my observation subject hilarious, mixed emotions...
coz this time I saw people (specially men) dressed in an extremely weird
manner. Today’s fashion is pointless, senseless, and freaks me out!! We humans
are not humans anymore, we are turning into a heard of sheep, or as psychologically
termed “conformity”, following the
majority (well most of the fashion crazed people are). Its as though the
fashion society is mentally putting a “peer pressure” on people to look a
certain way, I mean come on it does not make any sense to wear a long sleeved
shirt with tight shorts during summers for instance! On some subconscious level
you know that this fashion is senseless and it is another scheme to make more
money, but you wear it anyway…
I thought
girls were the ones on whom shorts looked hot/sexy/good, why has men’s fashion
become so feminine? I know its summers in Dubai and the temperature is really
hot, but it does not mean the guys want to dress more feminine!! (no offense).
Ok, so
you see some guy wearing shorts and you feel it looks cool on him, and you
think “hey why don’t I try it and see how it would look on me”, but have you
thought that before coming out of your house wearing them why don’t you look at
yourself in the mirror? Or why don’t you try on the shorts in the umm… a room
called “trial room” before actually purchasing them, I’m not talking about the
baggy shorts that come up to the knees, I’m talking about the shorts that are
skin tight and really short (as shown below) which are actually designed to be tight for women/girls, but since
its out in the fashion by certain accident of a fashion designer’s design, I
think you guys shall wear it if you are confident enough to pull it off,
otherwise you would actually end up embarrassing yourself.
Now
coming to fashion for both genders when it comes to fashion in a country, we do
know that Dubai, U.A.E is a Muslim/Arabic country, and so it (at least used to)
has a certain dress code that is explained to you before you leave your
countries and fly here for a tour/stay. The reason why the Arabs are silent for people violating the dress code is because the 20-20 expo is coming up and U.A.E
wants to be Number 1. But seriously when you come to another country along with
respecting other rules also respect their culture where these simple Arab
people remain fully clothed we tourists are wearing whatever forms of clothes we like. I do
know Dubai has a lot of “Glamour”, but do understand that Glamour and Beauty is
truly noticed when it shines from inside out, and not just externally, because if
it’s just for the external show everyone knows by instinct you are being fake.
Like the
other day i saw this woman putting her groceries inside the car, as she bent to
put the stuff inside, her purse was slung over her in such a way that her
bending down pulled her real short dress up that her inner wear could be seen
which was like a feast to the passing men. Things like this is what I’m talking
about, if you wear a short dress (I’m not saying don’t wear) please make sure
that you are careful enough to pull it off in such way that it is not too
revealing, keeping the culture in mind. For the men, my only concern is their
shorts being too short that it nowadays looks like women boxers, with their private area being highlighted, please be careful where you wear
such things, the streets of Dubai are not your personal homes, or your private
garden where you think you could walk around wearing practically close to
nothing. Previously when men or women wore really short clothes even if it
wasn’t too revealing, they were fined by the police approx AED 500-1000
depending on the type of violation.
That’s
all I wanted to highlight here. This is for those who stay in Dubai (locals,
residents, and tourists), and also for those planning to visit Dubai.
To make
my point clear I would like to add some quotes:
“A woman whose smile is open and
whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.” ~Anne Roiphe
“People are like stained – glass
windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets
in; their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do great deal to make a woman beautiful.” ~Jacqueline Bisset
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