Do you ever stop and wonder, what you do really matters? What if it turned out that all this time you have been missing the goal by a mile? What if the things you do day in and day out had no impact on people? After clearing my higher secondary exams with distinction, I appeared for the entrance exam for textile designing as I always loved fashion. I failed to get through the general entrance exam with a 2 percent margin and I also missed admission in the college of my choice with a 0.35% percent margin. The story of every student belonging to the general class category was repeated in my life. Admissions closed-hopes rotten! The only field with admissions open was Hospitality Management. With no other option left, I joined the course. Later, I went for career counselling; appeared for an architecture entrance exam and there I was in another college, as an Architecture student. That’s how I was forced to take up architecture in spite of loving fashion and fabric.
But while learning Architecture, I started getting fascinated by the similarities between fashion and architecture. Now I have realized that they are not absolutely different after all. In fact, Fashion and Architecture have more than one similarity. Both of them are ruled by design. Both of them give you the freedom of creation. Both of them reflect the ambitions and sensibilities of contemporary society and preferences. Both create space and volume rendering a third dimension to the otherwise bland two dimensional portrayal of matter. Both share the basic characteristics of providing shelter and protection to the human body. It was when I read some interesting articles on the internet describing how fashion inspires architecture and vice versa, that I started to derive my own inspiration from both these fields.
The most intriguing part, however, is the difference between Architecture and Fashion .Fashion, by its very nature is short lived and transient while architecture is more durable and permanent. When I was going to get my driving license, my dad wanted to teach me how to change a tire. I had trivialized of interest in getting my hands black and greasy. I told him that I don’t wish to do such things since I will always have someone around to do that for me. And there was my dad smiling at me leaving me horror-struck when he uttered these words, “For the rest of your life do you want to ask, beg and depend for your basic life needs? Needless to say, that I learned more than how to change a tire. That was when I realized ‘what you do really matters’. However small a step is you need to take it because you never know when your small step might lead to a big impact.
So, in spite of being an Architect, here I am with a fashion blog as a small step to present my opinions! Here, you will find everything about fashion from clothing, footwear and accessories to make-up tips and diet that will help you look and feel gorgeous. You are most welcome to have a look at fashion from the monumental perspective of an architect. Welcome to Kiara Thakur’s Architectural world of Fashion.
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