By Shadan Muneer, Freelance Journalist
You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it,” said American fashion icon Edith Head and anything you wish to have in fashion, the ‘go to’ place in Mysuru is Meena Bazaar. Yes, you read it right. Once known only for its blingy outfits and glitzy trinkets, it is today fast becoming a shoppers’ paradise for all things chic. A little known fact is that not only does Meena Bazaar have the latest street fashion but it is also a fast emerging hot-spot for customised outfits. You get almost everything here — to eat, to sport and to flaunt. Always buzzing with activity, Meena Bazaar is frequented by local boutique owners, designers and college-goers who throng the place for both fabrics and accessories that add extra glamour to their outfits. From laces to sequence, from borders to beads, from Zardosi to Swarovski — everything is available in different varieties at Meena Bazaar. Indo-Western Gowns, the latest trend can be customised here to make one look like a celebrity. Teeming with shoppers all-round the year, Meena Bazaar comes alive in the month of Ramzan and Bakrid. During Ramzan, it is 24x7 market and you enter the street any time, it is full with vendors crying out to grab your attention with a lot of tempting discounts and shoppers bargaining for that best buy.
