Why the officious, academic Name

by smitikumar

My relationship with anything to do with fashion has always been uncomfortable. it’s one of those things where you feel slightly out of your depth and definitely not qualified to make any kind of profound insights. A bit like trying to discuss the strategic implications of the company’s newest acquisition with your boss over those tedious coffee breaks. You wish you knew more, make a mental note to read up on it and well never read up on it.
Unfortunately it’s also one of those things that seem to come naturally to a lot of people and is an ubiquitous conversation filler, conversation starter or even something people form instant connections over. And this is not just true for women to women interactions though it may be less obvious in other social interactions. Having said that, the stakes are definitely higher for women. If you’re a girl you are expected to have this sixth sense about fashion. If you are intuitively impaired you do research. Hence the project. But this is one project I expect to have a lot of fun researching.
So I have some ideas for this blog. More to the benefit of this project, I have some wonderful modern day fashionistas as my closest friends. More on them later.
So here’s my primary hypothesis (oh yes we’re going to follow the rules and do it right).
1) Fashion is about self expression and is highly personal- but not really.
2) it’s all about social identity-again not really.

Disambiguation to follow soon.
Meanwhile here’s a picture of a cat who’s got it all figured out.