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The Times of India
The Times of India
Lifestyle
Jasmine Dawda | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Inventing Anna – The dangerous territories of fashion

Anecdotes about the fictions, fantasies, and tragedies of shopaholics around the world have always put the readers in a chick-lit fashion mood. But “shopaholism” is way more than just a feminine fetish. People continue to be judged on their lifestyle, superfluous pretenses, sexuality, and dressing choices; all of this gets subjected to the discerning eyes of society’s elite. Fashion is dangerous territory because it can intimately define one’s personality. Fashion can talk about one’s body image, intellect, flesh, and psychology. It can brim with so much affectation about carrying a certain image that people often try to push their natural boundaries to bask in the validation of their worth.

A true story of a shopaholic

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