fashion
Reflections on Fashion
‘‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.’
Oscar Wilde
Fashion. For some it is everything, it merely represents a way of living; for others, it is a living hell! To look like nobody else is a sufficiently mortifying reflection; to be in danger of being mistaken for one of the rabble is even worse. Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it detests most, singularity and vulgarity.
Every person nourishes an innate desire of looking good and feel ‘accepted’ in the socio-economic circle. The word fashion instantaneously brings to mind a flash of color with a dash of glamour. Women especially are taking to fashion in a big way, and are experimenting with different looks, styles, and textures.
Fashion plays an increasingly important role in an individual’s life because it is considered as a means of self-expression. The garments and accessories that men or women wear, help them identify with a group of others- whether it is a lifestyle, profession, a religion, or an attitude. Thus, the term ‘fashion’ has become synonymous with the overall growth of the country as well. There is nothing to be ashamed of being fashionable. But excess of everything is bad and should be avoided. To live in style, dress well- colorfully and smartly makes life lively, attractive and inviting. It is misconceived to link fashion with immorality. It is good to be fashionable, but it is better to be simple and dignified. The maxim 'simple living and high thanking' holds true until today. Fashion should be promoted to enrich our life. Not to degrade it.
But is it fashion the only attitudinal expression we have? The truth is, that real virtue, beauty, or understanding, are the same, whether ‘in a high or low degree;’ and the airs and graces of pretended superiority over these which the highest classes give themselves, from mere frivolous and external accomplishments, are easily
‘‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.’
Oscar Wilde
Fashion. For some it is everything, it merely represents a way of living; for others, it is a living hell! To look like nobody else is a sufficiently mortifying reflection; to be in danger of being mistaken for one of the rabble is even worse. Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it detests most, singularity and vulgarity.
Every person nourishes an innate desire of looking good and feel ‘accepted’ in the socio-economic circle. The word fashion instantaneously brings to mind a flash of color with a dash of glamour. Women especially are taking to fashion in a big way, and are experimenting with different looks, styles, and textures.
Fashion plays an increasingly important role in an individual’s life because it is considered as a means of self-expression. The garments and accessories that men or women wear, help them identify with a group of others- whether it is a lifestyle, profession, a religion, or an attitude. Thus, the term ‘fashion’ has become synonymous with the overall growth of the country as well. There is nothing to be ashamed of being fashionable. But excess of everything is bad and should be avoided. To live in style, dress well- colorfully and smartly makes life lively, attractive and inviting. It is misconceived to link fashion with immorality. It is good to be fashionable, but it is better to be simple and dignified. The maxim 'simple living and high thanking' holds true until today. Fashion should be promoted to enrich our life. Not to degrade it.
But is it fashion the only attitudinal expression we have? The truth is, that real virtue, beauty, or understanding, are the same, whether ‘in a high or low degree;’ and the airs and graces of pretended superiority over these which the highest classes give themselves, from mere frivolous and external accomplishments, are easily