Fashion is one of my favourite things. I love creating new pieces, and designing different clothing. I do design stuff myself, and sew it myself, but only for myself. I am always aware of the new trends, and I try to stay ahead of them. I find it particularly interesting how it is so easy to find fashion and fashion images on the internet. But, by the time they are posted online, there is always someone somewhere else who has created something new. By the time that those styles hit the stores, the next seasons apparel is already being shown on the runway. It is very hard to keep up with fashion, and we are bombarded every day with it in advertisements, and this is how the world of fashion has such a huge impact on everyone. It influences what people wear and when they wear it, how much they spend and what they spend it on. Fashion moulds society to look a certain way, and we can’t avoid it.
Fashion is such a broad term though, that it can’t be applied to just clothing. The “latest fashion” can also be used to desribe furniture, or perfume, of going to the spa for a day. That is why fashion is such an important part of visual culture. It is apparent in almost any image now-a-days, and like I said before, it makes society conform to it. If someone isn’t wearing expensive jeans, a dressy blouse, with a Guess purse, they are critisized and don’t fit into the group. Fashion is just so apparent in everything visual that it is almost taking over. For example, if I am wearing something that I don’t think is in style, I always feel self conscience, but I wear it becuase it is all I have at the moment. When people wear something, others take it as a representation of the person and jugde them based on that. This is similar to what people do to artwork. They look at it, and judge it on the quality of appearence, and sometimes it isnt taken into consideration the reason of the artwork, or the person who made it. Therefore, fahion is hard to describe using 1 term. In my opinion, it is one of the most influential things in society today, and will continue to be, so long as people let it influence their decisions.
As a woman I agree whole souled with what you wrote and I also believe that, as sad as it is, mean don’t have to face the same problems when it comes to fashion. Either way, I truly enjoyed this entry.