Rust to Rust: Rust in the Wind

 Jyoti Chugh was my boss in Bombay, in International Representation, Times of India in Bombay. Until , she became Jyoti Verma, she was dating Vivek Verma circa 1993….we were called by PG (Pradeep Guha) to a restaurant in the back lanes of The Taj, in a Bungalow which later became Indigo.. and then something else, that evening as some partners were also invited to cocktails and a Hyderabadi dinner..

Vivek Verma was wearing a burnt rust shirt with light a nearly white blue jeans and a rust or matching suede Moccasins, he used to work with Haferz Contractor who has perhaps designed / refurbished parts of the Times office, perhaps Response office..  which was the talk of the town..

But this is not not about anything about that but the burnt rust shirt , I had to have it regardless…

I looked for it high and low, in days of no internet… Praveen picked up on my penchant and search somehow brought an Espirit identical shirt( the brand was a rage in late 90s or early 2000s). Nearly a decade later.

I wore that shirt to the ground almost threadbare.. and forgot about it satiated for another a decade or so.. 

Unknowingly the seed had grown into a large looming tree in the background… covertly I did keep looking for a replacement a little low on the search meter…though 

5-6 years ago I got a similar colored Benetton T shirt.. I wore it half heartedly probably the fit.. then a Ralph Lauren similar one  last year.., it had a lot of spandex and not a great fit either…

Of late I have been browsing and picking up stuff from the mass affordable fashion store Zudio, near our college… catching on the trend me-too brands like Style Union, Ownd by Aditya Birla and Snitch have also opened massive 5-6000 square ft stores… all two decades later… on the trend of Primark an Irish Company that took UK and rest of the world visiting by storm..by the wear for a season wardrobe good on the pocket but bad for the environment as Bandana Tiwari a colleague and now a fashion environmental activist educated me that a Tshirt takes up a few dozens of gallons.. and so on and so forth…

Recently watching a film on Netflix with dear daughter Ananya , People you meet on a Vacation… seeing the male lead in one… albeit in linen, my interest was yet again rekindled. The Sartorial sense provoked me to visit the nearest stores looking for one.. I finally found a round neck at Style Union..  it was an itch I had to scratch…

I was back and smug as a bug in rug with latest and fresh fresh burnt rust Tshirt yet again…Rust to Rust… all we are is Rust sorry Dust in the Wind