An innocent question !!

Formal dresses !!! It is a common practice to wear formal clothes in offices. So we always tend to dress up in blues, blacks, whites, greys ( not me !! grey is not for me), khakis, beiges etc etc. But pre-dominantly it is the menfolk who wear such colours. For men the definiton of formals is
1) Cotton trousers with or without pleats & shirts that are not cheks, usually full sleeves.
2) Colour of the above must strictly be non-flashy or bright. Usually the ones listed out above.

But for women there is no restriction of colour. They all wear reds, pinks,parrot greens, yellows (yuck !), even fluorescent. !!! And all these on a weekday. Sure they wear white-shirts-and-black trouser' type western formals too. But their concept of Indian formals, always baffles me. THey will wear all such bright colours.

Now do not get me wrong at all ! I love the cheerful colours. I absolutely love it when a woman walks in a graceful cotton salwar kameez that is as bright as my face on seeing her. Same for the lovely ladies who wear those graceful western formals.

All I am asking is for some equality for us poor men too !!!

I mean, why can't a man wear a nice bright coloured shirt to work on a weekday? And why are full-sleeve shirts so sacrosanct? I mean, why do I get pulled up for wearing a bright coloured shirt to work? I just do not get it. If these colours are jarring to the eyes of others, then would they not create the same affect when women sport such colours themselves?

There was this lady in this all male meeting yesterday, wearing bright pink salwar, bright pink lipstick and golden brown hair to complement her beautiful whitish skin. And she stood out like an eye-candy out there. The question here is should she realize it and be more restrained in her choice of colour or should we men stop looking at colours as being so jarring to our eyes? Do we need a change in the way we think? Do we stop looking at women who dress up like dolls in our offices as frivolous? I mean its so wrong to think of a women like that when she actually might be a sensible person ( most women are ). But still we men will make fun of her and talk about her looks and mannerism more than the content that she spoke.

Its true na.... there is something not quite honest about the way we think.... and by 'we' I mean both men and women....

A little thougth is required in our pre-conceived notions.... dunno if I made sense, but still... i feel there is some lack of honesty and some hypocricy involved here... somewhere somthing is not quite acceptable to my heart. !!

chuck it man!!! there goes another of those beautiful creatures in... oh, let me guess... a yellowish, orangish, reddish, maroonish, greenish dress....I cant even spot her face... her dress is that bright... he he !!! not to mention about her bright yellow shoes and cherry red lipstick. Along with him walks a man in sky blue full sleeve cotton shirt and a black pleated trouser. ! he he !! both are the same designation and have come to meet our head of the department. How strange is the way the rules are defined for men and women !!!

funny !!!