The Way We Dress: the meaning of fashion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I picked up a film, The Way We Dress: the meaning of fashion, which showed me my topic from a different perspective.

Call number: TT507W357 @ ADM Library

 What I gathered..

What is fashion?

• Fashion is adopted because it is what seems as appropriate
• Successful peer pressure
• A form of non-verbal communication and you have many things to say
• “clothing grammar”

Clothing is Communication

• Not to say who we are but who we want to be
• Friends tend to dress alike
• Young people are still constructing their image so they experiment with different styles
• A way of testing the answers to the question, “Who am I”.  

Why and how does fashion change?

• Influential individual influence fashion
• Celebrity driven

How does fashion affects society?

• Upper class man wore wigs — Social status 
• Tradition of bridesmaid was due to the idea of fashionable women in the past who required attendance to put on their dresses.

How does sports influence fashion?

• The change in how we spend time
• Only the wealthy has leisure time
• “Casual” image was a recent invention
• People used to play sports in suits

How does fashion show social status?

• Fabric: Social standing, not free choice
• Americans took it from social standing to a freedom of expression

Why study fashion?

• Clothing is an identity kit: “This is who I am.”
• Fashion is a partial answer to question: “Who am I?”

It makes me think of exploiting thebeautyloop. Like lets encourage “who you want to be” or “who you are” with fashion.

Sounds healthy! Just a a side-thought.