Kahaani Mein Twist

The distant clock chimed 12 times, determined to write Cinderella’s fate. With a menacing fury, it relegated her to the cinders yet again. Cinderella remembering the word of fairy god mother ran away, before the prince could see her hideous poverty.

While running away, she turned behind and stole a fleeting glance at the prince. She wanted to leave something behind so that she could remain as an unattainable memory in the prince’s heart. She hadn’t a veil on her; neither did she have a stole. Cinderella made a mental note to mention to fairy God mother, that she was a horrible dress designer and was really bad at risk management and contingency planning. She then thought of leaving behind her glass slipper. She raised her gown a bit to look at them, and there they were shining and dainty. She over turned her slipper and saw the price tag, which bore the label of DKNY. Cinderella made up her mind instantly, prince or no prince, she was to retain her DKNY shoes, her only worthwhile worldly possession. Outside her fine chariot had turned into a Halloween pumpkin. She was so irritated by the turn of events that she wanted to kick the pumpkin, but decided against it as she saw that she could use it for dinner. So, pumpkin in hand, glass slippers in her feet and the kitchen mice following her, Cinderella made her way home.


Meanwhile, the prince was worrying himself sick. He had summoned his counselors to solve his predicament. The white haired counselors had a hunch that the prince’s dream girl was a peasant girl as the rich always fancy the poor in all the fairy tales. Wishing to keep the matter as a hush-hush affair, they thought of hiring a private detective. The detective made a few inquiries and immediately noticed that the girl was wearing DKNY shoes and not LVMH, the local brand. So, an order was issued to raid all the houses, from merchant to peasant, to find the DKNY shoes. Cinderella, totally oblivious to the entire world was busy preparing to flaunt her priceless shoes, when there was a thump on the door. The soldiers at the door showed her the royal orders to search the place, and surely enough they found the shoes and took Cinderella to the prince. Fearing what might happen to Cinderella, the fairy God mother followed her to the palace and confessed before the prince that it was she who had put the idea of going to the ball into Cinderella’s mind. The prince was mesmerized by the beautiful and young nymph in front of him. He declared to his counselors that he would marry none other that Cinderella’s fairy God mother. DKNY made Cinderella their brand ambassador, giving her status and fame that gave her access to many more “prince charmings”. Further, LVMH purchased DKNY at $10.75 per share and they became the biggest fashion banner in France and the US.

PS: The prince and Cinderella lived happily ever after, though not together…..