Dress Up to Stun OR Stunned to Dress Up : Where do you fit ?

Today morning, I came across an interview of Malaika Arora Khan (yeah the heart throb of millions). The title was "I dress to stun: Malaika" ---> http://content.msn.co.in/Lifestyle/FashionBeauty/LifestyleHT_090607_1511.htm


Well this article forced me to think on 2 points :
a) How much do people really put in efforts for dressing up ?
b) Secondly, what is the purpose ?

Coming to the first point, some of you might be surprised with the fact of "putting efforts" to dress up. But it is absolutely true. I have witnessed a close male friend of mine who used to match his clothes with his socks and shoes (or sandals). As a consquence, this person had several sets of footwears. With changing times, people are becoming aware of this truth and hence one can see everyone flocking to the malls on weekends may not be necessarily to shop, but to keep oneself updated of the latest styles popularly called as "window shopping" and then finally succumb to the shopping temptation:-) . People remain glued to TV sets to get new ideas of fashioning or even subscribe to a fancy magazine discussing the modern styles of wearing.


But then what is the use of spending so much time on something as trivial as clothing? Sorry, but dressing up is not "trivial" as it sounds. There are some people who want to impress others with the modern style of clothing whereas others are dead serious about feeling good and confident in thir new clothes. These people qualify under the category "Dress to stun" (here stunning means that they can stun either other people or themselves). Dressing up does throw an opportunity for people to switch from their "ordinary" look to "extraordinary" look, causing young people to crave more for dressing up.

But as there is some exception to every rule, there are some "chosen ones" (stunned to dress up category) in the society who defy all this 'brouhaha of dressing' and keep a stubborn attitude of 'sticking to simple life'. Their high thinking opines that dressing cultivates an compulsive habit in the individual to be in line with current dressing sense asking him / her to spend ample amount of money forgetting the fact that whether he/she can afford with this changing lifestyle which is true to some extent.

On a personal note, all of this is worth if it comes at an economic cost by being aware of one's spending capacity and staying within one's limitations.

So, ponder sometime on this "dressing up" funda and decide where do you lie ?