What does fashion mean to YOU?

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Comment by Azaan Akbar on March 4, 2010 at 21:33

To be honest, there IS a distinction. I'm not being skeptical - it can be changed. But really, it doesn't.

The sort of arts that EVERYBODY endorses are things like music, dance, drama, etc. I think that fashion could be a bit like this - it's not neccesarily a political pupose or a direct role, its an art that is currently un-endorsed (if that is a word) by most people. If I went into school and said ''Gucci's released a new line leotards modelled by Naomi Campbell in particular'' to all my friends, I'd recieve insults that would expected to such a remark. That's basic stereotype, linking homosexuality to fashion. As a result, it doesn't apply to the masses, because only women can endorse it freely. Men can too, but not teens. Not male teens, at least. And, from my point of view, I may be wrong here, but the clothes they model are ridiculous! If someone walked down the street in that, I'd take a picture, caption it and put it on Facebook.

In what ways does it apply to the masses, Attia?

Comment by Attia on March 2, 2010 at 10:18

Well to me...fashion is self expression for a designer, which should be respected just as any other art.

To what azaan said though, fashion DOES apply to the masses! Making a distinction between the 'rich men and women who can afford the clothes' and 'common people' implies that ordinary people don't appreciate art, which just isn't true...Not everything has to have a direct role in our day-to-day lives, not everything has to have a political purpose to exist. If everything did, there'd be no creativity in society..dont you think?

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Comment by April Williamson on March 1, 2010 at 21:47

*wow* this looks like it was so amazing! I think that there are both positive and extremely negative aspects to the fashion industry. On the plus side, the fashion industry is a way in which creativity can be expressed and give many people a common interest, hence bringing them together. Also, as you said, there are good causes which can be positively publicised through the medium of the fashion industry, some of the most famous charitable causes have been made famous by those in the fashion industry. However, on the bad side the fashion industry encourages some terrible things, directly and indirectly. Consummerism can often fuel greed and people become more interested in money than in the art of fashion itself, things like people and children can become exploited, the environment and animals can be exploited and damaged all in the name of fashion. To be honest, I havent completely decided what the fashion industry really means to me, I can't decide which side of fashion outweighs the other! what do you think? xxx

Comment by Azaan Akbar on February 21, 2010 at 13:42

Now, I may get a lot of disapprovals for this comments, but to the 'common folk' like me, fashion shows are a COMPLETE waste of time.

From a basic public perspective, particularly a male perspective, fashions shows appear to me to be a clown parade. Women come out wearing absolutely outlandish dresses which will most likely never appear on a British street, with ridiculous make-up and every model is as skinny as twig.

Fashion shows do not appeal to me, and I'm pretty sure they do not appeal to a lot of people. There are so many problems with fashion:

1) It upsets women when they aren't as ''pretty'', ''skinny'' or ''beautiful'' as those models. As a result, many women force themselves on unneccesary diets to strive to be those.
2) It is very restricted - it applies to rich men and women who can afford to a) go to these shows and b) the clothes.

In conclusion, fashion does not apply to the common people and is just a parade of rich women who can afford to diet like maniacs and influence women to be the state that they're in.