FASHION
What does it mean ‘’ fashion ‘’ ? Do you follow fashion closely, or are you one of those who have a fixed style of her/his own ? Do you think fashion is an illusion or do you think that it is a way of self-expression ?
Fashion is the popular way of clothing and behaving. It covers a wide range of things like shoes, bags, hats, jewellry, dresses, make-up styles, hair styles and even perfumes. Millions of people all around the world follow fashion weeks, designers and famous brands like Chanel or Dior very closely and dress accordingly. However, I am not one of those. Whenever I think about fashion what comes to my mind is only strange costumes with astronomic prices. I wanted to get rid of this image and gain some knowledge about this subject, so I decided to write about it.
I used to think that fashion appeals to only a limited group that has sufficient budget to follow it or dress according to fashion. Nevertheless, I learned that this has changed. While I was searching on the internet, I came across with many blogs about fashion. Whereas some blog writers just gave information about fashion, some wrote about their views about fashion. There were even some writer that shared their designs. Also, I realized that almost all newspapers have a page about fashion. All of them made me realize that fashion is not so far from the public.
Street fashion is another aspect that shows how fashion and and the public is closely connected. This type of fashion is created not by designers in studios but by the ordinary people themselves. They create their own style with different combinations of clothes and accessories.
Fashion is inseparable from daily life because it is a way of self-expression. People use it to convey their political view or to reveal their personality. For example, Hippies were popular for their shabby clothes and frizzy hairstyles. Similarly, people, especially teenagers, who favor emo craze wear ratty clothes and have strange hair color and hairstyles.
To conclude, fashion actually is deeply rooted in our daily life. Even if we do not follow fashion, we dress to give a message to others about ourselves. Similarly, we judge people according to their clothes. They give us a big chance to manipulate on others’s opinion about us. In my opinion, this is very dangerous. Therefore, we should not be obsessed with the external appearance since it may be deceptive.
I, also, agree that fashion is a way of expressing yourself. However, i do not, entirely, agree that it is a way of showing a political stance. It is more so about what you think looks good. I believe that fashion is what suits you. One of my girlfriends once told me that Coco Chanel says " I don't do fashion, I am fashion". Every season, the fashion world turns their heads to europe, to follow style, clour and texture and types of clothing. Reading your journal, youve missed an important point, it has come to my attention that nowdays, fashion is not only for females but also, more than ever, for males as well. Unfortunately, we are judged by the brands we were wear, how expensive they are and where we shop from. Its a pity, because the brand of a piece of material that we wear does not define our character. You've chosen a good topic to write about, as it has become such a big part of every day life.
YanıtlaSilThank you for your comment Nertil :) Actually, fashion is a very broad topic so there must be many other parts of fashion that I could not include in this journal. I wanted to write about my misconceptions about fashion only in order not to exceed the word limit :) I used to think that fashion appeals to only the rich but I realized that ordinary people are intrested in it, too. However, your point is very correct. That fashion appeals to only women is another misconception. Many males follow fashion closely and male collection is an important part of famous designers' collection. In other word, being judged according to their clothes is the fate of both females and males :)
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