The film Fashion exposes the deglamorised world behind the razzamatazz. It lays bare the brutal exploitation of models. They are puppets in the hands of their bosses. The underbelly of the beauty industry is ugly.

Though the film ends positively by showing Meghna (Priyanka) on the ramps of Paris it raises some serious questions about Fashion world. Somewhere in the movie one of the models says that they are like slaves. In the fashion world designer assumes the power of king. He orders and the models obey. When Meghna questions the superiority of a designer she is expelled from the show.


In a way, the film tells us that one has to sacrifice much for to be there in the ramp. And there is politics as well. It can be termed as ‘flesh politics’. Meghna becomes a super model. She has an extramarital relationship with her boss. When she becomes pregnant he reminds her about the contract she had signed earlier. It doesn’t allow her to become a mother. She has to abort her foetus. When she reveals this to the wife of her boss her contract is terminated and she is replaced by someone else. Meghna becomes a drug addict. But when she realises the hard fact she leaves Mumbai and returns home.

The second question is that should the conditions in the contract become so brutal? (It is shown that Meghna cannot read the contract details fully, which is enormous in size. But it is not an excuse. The contract should be simple). Earlier, airhostess faced similar problems. They fought against it and finally got justice. But in this film there is a cursory mention of the serious problem. It’s mentioned along the flow of the movie.


Models are shown as chain smokers and drug addicts, as if it’s a part of their routine. If this is so, it’s really grim. It depicts the dark side of the character of models.
Do they have easy morals? One of the reasons is their lifestyle or the bickering that is there amongst them to reach the top slot. Perhaps it gives a wrong message to aspiring models.