“New beginnings, new challenges and responsibilities” – something my mother said to me while I was leaving the house on the first day of my college. Like any other fresher in college, I also had many hopes and aspirations about my college life ahead. For starters, I had decided to be a part of the fashion society, “Debonair”. I had done my research like a good kid and was super ready to walk the ramp for the auditions. One week into the college, the day had finally arrived when Debonair announced their audition schedule and theme. The theme was “beachy vibes”. As soon as I read the poster I knew exactly what I wanted to wear, from the clothing to the footwear. That day, I went back home and decided to wear a green spaghetti top with a white chicken pencil skirt. For the footwear, I had decided to borrow my sister’s white wedges. Next day, I gathered all my courage and confidence and walked into the audition room to get myself registered. What I saw next was nothing short of facing my worst nightmare. The registration table read – “only pencil or block heels allowed, no wedges”. I was traumatised since this was something I hadn’t expected. I had already given up when suddenly a friend of mine suggested that I go to FOREVER21 nearby at kamla nagar market. I told her that now I possibly couldn’t find anything that matched my outfit and that I should probably give up and go home. She insisted on me and we both went to F21 store. To my surprise, they had a remarkable and trendy footwear collection which had not one but three pairs of stilettoes that looked magnificent with my outfit. I bought a pair of white strappy stilettoes with a little glitter on them and walked the ramp like a diva. Obviously, to no surprise of mine, I got selected to debonair – The fashion society of Daulat Ram College, Delhi university.
FOREVER21 introduced me to this new world of fashion and saved me from getting embarrassed or even worse, not getting a chance to give the auditions all together. Had it not been for Aditya Birla Group, I wouldn’t have been able to get into one of the most gifted fashion societies of Delhi.
