Like most people, I have changed my style of dressing many times through out my life. I look back and laugh at the countless phases of styles that I have gone through. It is partly due to a sense of exploration, partly due to growth and change, partly due to a confusion of who one is, but it is mostly about finding your true sense of style. However, it is also the outcome of the influences society, your culture and the entertainment industry have on you.
I was in sixth grade at Frost Elementary. The sixth graders were the top of the class, we were in control and envied by all of the other classes. Or so I thought at the time. I had my distinct group of friends and my sixth grade boyfriend. I strived to be original but yet followed the trend at the same time. Hip hop was the popular trend in the 90's and it effected how I dressed. I went through a stage of what I refer to as "hip-hop prep". It may sound humorous, but it is true. Of course at the time, I simply thought I was dressing with my own unique style and taste. When in reality I was being influenced by every possible environmental factor. My entire life I had always been really clean cut and conservative, also known as preppy. This was embedded in me through my parents. Our culture was focused on looking presentable and appropriate. However, as I started the sixth grade, I became more rebellious and started becoming more impressionable by my friends, boyfriends and the entertainment industry. Mariah Carey became a common teen idol and hip hop and R&B became more popular. My boyfriend was more on the "hip-hop" side, as most boys were becoming. My style of dressing transformed from a jean skirt, flowered t-shirt with jelly sandals, no make-up and a loose side pony tail, to short jean shorts, black tank top with black puma street shoes, dark make-up and long and straight hair with a few highlights. I looked like a little pre-Mariah Carey with a thuggish touch.
The fashion industry is rapidly changing daily with new trends and recurring ones. ... Fashion approximately began around 500,000 to 100,000 BC. ... Fashion design became very simple and less compelling. ... Within the last century, fashion has changed incredibly than in the past. ... Much of the fashion was trending to be more relaxed. ...
Fashion is a right-brained business. ... Fashion is very hands-on and serious. ... A fashion designer needs to be able to lead his or her teams and take responsibility (Fashion Designer). ... All these schools specialize in Fashion or Art Design (Fashion Design Colleges). ... I am also interested in fashion. ...
In this paper I will dig into the role of the fashion/textile industry regarding climate change and the energy budget, the how's and whys of its energy use and most of all, the amazing innovations taking place in high fashion that still aren't accessible to the mass markets and their impact on the environment. ... Likewise it was during this time when the fast fashion and obsessive consumption for clothing was integrated into the society's subconscious. Yet, as society's needs and wants have developed, the fashion industry has evolved to meet the requirements of its consu...
This was the moment when fashion appeared. ... It is not about people serving fashion; it is about fashion being a slave of people. ... Fashion is compared to art. ... Men and Fashion Throughout the history starting with the middle ages men's fashion has changed a lot. ... Analyzing men's fashion is like dealing with a complexity. ...
The fashion world is built around the fabrications of beauty because advertisements in fashion magazines try to paint a picture of what they believe beauty is. ... Diversity in fashion magazine ads is virtually non-existent. ... Exclusion in the fashion world can lead to separation in the real world. ... In addition to this, if diversity is not shown, fashion ads will dissuade diverse consumers from grouping together destroying the purpose of fashion being a common interest. ... The more different people that enter the fashion world the less different it will be. ...
Fashion is a fascinating study for anyone interested in culture. ... The main fashion breakthrough was, of course, the mini. ... Punk was one of the biggest stories in fashion in the 1970's. ... It was a fashion of minimalism. ... However, the buzzword of high fashion was individuality. ...
In the fashion business, designers compete with ideas. ... A fashion designer should be artistic and full of imagination and ideas. ... Fashion designers work the hardest when it is right before a deadline or a fashion show. ... The best location for the fashion industry is in the European countries. ... The fashion business is fun and gives me the opportunity to be imaginative. ...
Fashion was becoming less flashy and less formal. ... The average persons fashion sense became more sophisticated. ... In 1926, the fashion concept known as the flapper first appeared. ... This dress was created by the Women's Fashion Institute in 1926. ... To suit the new fashions, ladies undergarments had to be modified. ...
The models that pose in the fashion magazines have a body proportion that most women can not achieve. The measurements for a "fashion model are generally 5'9" to 6' tall and [the] very thin size [of] 4-6. ... In this way fashion magazines could be considered just another of one of a woman's friends. ... It tells a woman different ways that they can shape themselves to the fashion magazine's standards. ... The images of thin models in fashion magazines make a woman think about her bodies. ...
- There is an always present desire in fashion to push against the dominant, and journey to the extreme. ... As long as there is a need for self expression through fashion, there will be an endless number of buttons to push, and people will always try to be noticed. ... However more and more these days what was considered "unique- is now "cliché-, and you are considered a conformist if you try to rebel against mainstream fashion. ... I think there are two roads that fashion could take. ... I believe fashion will regress and we will jump back in time, continuing the never-ending cyc...
