Fashion, hairstyles and make-up are not limited on the runways or to fashionistas. The young crowd, especially college goers, are the consumers of fashion. Bright red lips, vibrant eyes accentuated by long lashes or mascaras, or dramatic eye liners and/or trendy braided hairstyle to match with their well-fitted college uniforms — college going girls are up-to-date with the latest styles and trends. And they don’t leave their sense of fashion at home when they go to college. The boys are not also behind. Even if they don’t put on make-up, they experiment with their hairstyles — be it pompadour or short or spiky — and beard or moustache. Being fashionable is an asset for these students despite it is restricted in their institutions. And to look beautiful or different or to enhance their personalities, these students follow fashion. Fashion is not just limited to make-up or styling hair. It is also what you wear and how. For these students, right kind of style and fashion enhances one’s personality, boosting his/her confidence. And so s/he makes a good impression. “Smartly dressed teachers create a positive impact in a classroom. Students tend to be attentive to those teachers rather than teachers who are not groomed. Right kind of fashion has this kind of impression,” Aakash Karki, student of BA LLB IInd Year at Nepal Law Campus, Exhibition Road puts out. It is all about attitude and impression, for Karki’s classmate Manobigyan Sharma. He explains, “If a doctor has dreadlocks, he won’t earn trust as a doctor, but if a rock star has dreadlocks, it gives him personality and identity. Fashion is not only about spark and glitter but it gives identity profession wise. For example, a doctor wears white gown while a lawyer wears black coat.” Smart attire, hairstyle, and make-up add to you personality, and it ultimately helps you in the long run. “Being fashionable within limitations is needed to gain confidence among friends. It’s only with this confidence that a student can develop a positive attitude,” Nitu Pal, a Class XII graduate from Everest College, Solteemode, who is preparing for MBBS, states adding, “We shouldn’t be walking around with greasy hair or shabbily dressed. It will affect us negatively and will make us conscious of what others are thinking of us.” But she insists that fashion has to be “appropriate”.