What’s the trend that keeps women of all ages on their toes all the time? Well, the utter yearning to be slim and trim of course! Since the inception of ‘fashion’ the center of attention has been the unachievable figure that all women aspire for but are never able to achieve it to their satisfaction.


Right from our bollywood beauties to our ordinary beings what the perfect figure is has always been a debate with no definite answers. If taken into consideration, the yester year leading ladies had it easier as then the focus was mostly on the facial expressions and not on each and every curve that the physicality took. But, as modern times have come with a full fledged focus on the contours of the body, it has played havoc with the psyche of women all over the world.

Recently, an International fashion magazine had given focus on the more blessed women with the flab. That is to say those women with a little flab can be as attractive and sexy as pencil thin models who are a constant reminder to all that thin is in. Yet, to come to the point that A little flab does not in anyway make a woman less attractive can be adjudged by the fact that all leading ladies of bollywood today are on the heavier side. Take Kareena Kapoor for instance, after her much hyped ‘Size Zero’ look in the film’Tashan’, she had come on a TV reality show hosted by the dashing Salman Khan and then gone on to say that very soon she would be back to her original look. True to her words, after a few months Kareena was back to her original self. But did that deter her popularity? Perhaps no, with a capital ‘N’ but then recent reports about Saif Ali Khan’s wish on seeing Bebo lose some weight did manage to make a few people sit up and think twice about the fight between ‘fit and flab’.

Another actress who is very comfortable with her slightly heavier bod is none other than the popular actress Katrina Kaif. The irony here is that in spite of her being on the heavier side it was this actress who was chosen for the Barbie Line of clothing launched recently. This in spite of the fact that Barbie is the epitome of style as far as the thin and lean look is concerned.

Another style icon and a beauty that has made a mark for her self internationally is none other than the Bachchan bahu Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Even though she never was pencil thin, yet she has always been the epitome of fashion and beauty. This star of Indian cinema has proved beyond doubt that to be beautiful one need not be as thin as a reed, rather poise, grace and a definite confidence to carry one’s self is what is required to be the epitome of fashion.