Strands of colored hair, lenses which will make one look like a cat, piercing like Kavadi for Lord Murugan, or tattoo with colored ink; these are conceivably the present craze among the Chennai youth. Here is our coverage on where one can get the best of this new idea of fashion. Shop for craziness...
What's the heaviest burden the shoulder's of the youth of the city today? The answer is quite difficult for anyone other than the youth themselves to answer. To stay in the gang! Perhaps to wear and flaunt things that others do or to start a trend is one of the most important thing. So let's gear up and analyze few not so famous places of Chennai with regards to shopping but thronged by youngsters for shopping needs.
Pondy Bazaar, Spencer's plaza, Pantheon Road are few places where the youngsters hoot for the variety of clothes. But moving away from the clothing aspect of shopping which has got the most ink all the media, there are few other needs like streaking the hairs with different shades of color or adding a strand of colored hair to the rest of the hair, pierced partially anywhere in the body where bones do not interrupt their crazy passion. Certain hideous ideas seem to be the most sort out among them.
"I have pierced three holes in my ear. The one on the cartilage was the most difficult to bear. But now it looks cool to wear different types of ear rings in the holes. Probably I would want to pierce my eyebrows next but I am skeptical about how it will suit me..." explains Anoushka. Now that piercing is not restricted to only few parts, it expands the ear-ring shopping budget. Places like Sukra's in Mylapore, Shanti Jewellery in Spencers have a good collection of the second and top ear rings.
Of late there is something which you would notice in the hair of young girls in the Nugambakkam High road. Strands of colored hair like thing attached to mass of hair. It looked like they are just out of a party. But this is like a growing craze. A strand of this colored thread costs 20 rupees and Bounce Parlour in the Isphani center is the most known place.
Tattoo has got enough coverage, but this art form has evolved including colored tattoos also. The rate is seemingly higher than the usual tattoos. The last aspect of this list is the colored lens. I saw a girl with lovely grey eyes... The next day the same girl saw the same girl, but eye shad was hazel nut... I then realized the colored lens have successfully penetrated the market. These lenses can be bought in all optical shops but the rates vary with brands.
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