Well this current pandemic situation has taken a toll on almost everything in our live’s. We’re just trying to keep ourselves sane enough to get through these difficult times and hoping all of this ends soon, so we can all get back to our normal life and routine. As we’re all instructed to stay home until and unless it’s extremely important to step out, most of us have already started living the last year’s Quarantine life AGAIN. While we’re all questioning, “When will this all end?!”, we’re also going our way out in trying to keep ourselves sound headed. One of which includes feeling active and alive. To begin with, most of us are mostly in our pyjama’s. On a normal working day, getting back home from a long tiring day and getting into your pyjamas feels heavenly, post that you’re either just relaxing or chilling in them, or just finishing up whatever is remaining in your own comfort zone. That’s what it stands for- “Comfort”, which is great! But is it? If you have to wear it all day long for an uncertain number of quarantine days? Well I don’t think so, and the reason is, fashion plays a very important role in making you feel, the way you do, for instance when you’re getting ready to go for a party or a wedding or a corporate meeting and you’re dressed accordingly, even before you reach your destination you’re already in the vibe of the occasion that’s taking place because you’re dressed as per that. Your dressing is what makes you feel in a particular way. Right from making you feel and walk confidently to you relaxing and sleeping peacefully in them.

Coming back to our current situation, wouldn’t you want to look at yourself in the mirror and say, “Oh! I look good today, even if I have to sit home all day long and so on. Unfortunately, since we’re now actually expected to stay indoors, avoid staying in your pyjamas all day long and get dressed. Dressed enough to not feel lazy and lethargic and active enough to feel alive to accomplish the activities that we’re bound to. Hope we all get through this, by trying every bit we can in feeling normal and sane minded.

Well hello! Myself Azra Syed. I am a fashion designer who’s currently a freelancer. Fashion Designing hasn’t just been a profession for me, it has played a major role in my process of growing up. As a kid my dolls were my models and the rags, ribbons and rubber bands were my materials and sources to create outfits. That is Something I enjoyed doing, something that made me lose track of time. Something that was my favorite pass time. It was the passion for fashion that taught me to be patient till I got that perfect silhouette without getting irritated and wanting to give up. I never had any confusion in deciding what I wanted to pursue, it was most certainly to become a Fashion Designer. As I grew up there were hurdles before I could educationally pursue my career in fashion but eventually I could. All the designers out there, I’m sure they could relate much, it was quite tedious physically but totally worth it. From sketching it and bringing in colors and sparkles and sequences to make an outfit look glamorous and stunning that started from a scratch on a blank white sheet of paper was all worth it when you are personally satisfied by the appearance of it. Having said that, bringing passion in whatever you do, plays a key role, it brings out the best despite the difficulty and discomfort that comes along with it. Well then, I was lucky enough to get a job even before I completed my term in fashion and that job was the best thing that could happen to me. It got me right in the midst of it. From traveling to the other side of town using almost every mode of transport, to spending hours in deciding the correct fabrics and embellishments and this time for real. It completely plunged me out of my comfort zone. And I cannot be more thankful for that opportunity. Fashion is all about making it happen, no amount of knowledge on fabrics is enough, till you are out there feeling every thread and textures of it and spending hours on it, without complaining just so you find the perfect fabric for the look you’ve already created in your head. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had that played a vital role in shaping me and to whatever knowledge and experience I have. This is just a head start to a lot of new beginnings and ventures.

P.S- Never thought I’d blog this down. But as they say ‘Never say Never’. The beginning is always today….