Fashion Economic Classes
Maya Murphy
Webb
AP Seminar Pd 2
16 January 2015 Fashion Influences on Economic Classes
Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion changes, but style endures.” Over time fashion styles went from tight corsets with long dresses in Victorian times to the chic, skinny jeans and basic
Tshirt style. Fashion has become an outlet that has placed morals and standards for womens’ clothing in America throughout history. In order for women to purchase clothing, money was an element that separated wealthy fashions from poor fashions. William Norwich, Time’s Style &
Entertaining editor, claims that the “ currency of New York 's fluidity is cash, and the society of cash is fashion”(Norwich 7). He believes that the way we talk about money is in resemblance to how we talk about fashion. This …show more content…
So the question is, what changes have occurred over time? Well, during the 19th century, the amount of or lack of money defined who and where you were in society socially and economically. Wealthy people are all over America, but sometime we wouldn’t be able to spot the difference from an extremely wealthy American to a normal, average American just by looking at the type of clothing they wear. Also someone who flaunts wealthy clothing/fashions isn’t essentially as wealthy as they appear to be. Now currently in the 21st century, the century of change and innovation, has shifted from traditional norms to more openminded and intuitive thinking. Many people find very nice and presentable clothing from simple places such as thrift stores and other name brands that aren’t as expensive. Our society has become less vain and has began to focus on ways to express themselves through clothing based on personal preferences, in contrast to previous times, where your fashion solely defined who you are. During the
Webb
AP Seminar Pd 2
16 January 2015 Fashion Influences on Economic Classes
Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion changes, but style endures.” Over time fashion styles went from tight corsets with long dresses in Victorian times to the chic, skinny jeans and basic
Tshirt style. Fashion has become an outlet that has placed morals and standards for womens’ clothing in America throughout history. In order for women to purchase clothing, money was an element that separated wealthy fashions from poor fashions. William Norwich, Time’s Style &
Entertaining editor, claims that the “ currency of New York 's fluidity is cash, and the society of cash is fashion”(Norwich 7). He believes that the way we talk about money is in resemblance to how we talk about fashion. This …show more content…
So the question is, what changes have occurred over time? Well, during the 19th century, the amount of or lack of money defined who and where you were in society socially and economically. Wealthy people are all over America, but sometime we wouldn’t be able to spot the difference from an extremely wealthy American to a normal, average American just by looking at the type of clothing they wear. Also someone who flaunts wealthy clothing/fashions isn’t essentially as wealthy as they appear to be. Now currently in the 21st century, the century of change and innovation, has shifted from traditional norms to more openminded and intuitive thinking. Many people find very nice and presentable clothing from simple places such as thrift stores and other name brands that aren’t as expensive. Our society has become less vain and has began to focus on ways to express themselves through clothing based on personal preferences, in contrast to previous times, where your fashion solely defined who you are. During the