What Is Fashion?

 What Is Fashion?
Fashion is the accepted day to day way of dressing at a given time. If you see everyone wearing the same color or style when they have not been the trend before, such is "in-fashion."


Fashion is the total outlook of an individual of today and only for today. Though fashion evolves and some styles come back, it only applies for "now.". Even the retro fashion is never the same. It never has and never will.

Since every individual knows what she, or he wants based on the influence of need and concern. Generally, right fashion means getting the value for your dollar. That's why the demand for designs that requires a timeless appeal and a quality that goes beyond trendy has been tremendously increasing. Levi's, Calvin Klein and Chanel are just a few to mention.
WHY DOES FASHION CHANGE? Fashion change because people change. We always want something new. Clothing change for practicable reasons, for appropriateness for the season, and for adaptation to the environment situation. In some cases, the popularity of fashion endures for many seasons because of the combinations of these reasons. Take the blue jeans as an example.


Every time, you change your clothes you are setting yourself up for a judgment by others. Going to the office in a sexy cocktail dress is not only impractical, it is confusing and inappropriate. People will be staring at you wondering what was wrong. Your image is incongruous with your clothing. It looks bizarre more than being chic. 


Solution? Wear for the ambiance of the particular place. Every place we go, there is such a thing as a dress code, whether it is announced or unannounced.


TIP. The easiest way to invite confusion is to behave in a way that contradicts your clothing.


KINDS OF FASHION
Haute Couture - French word meaning high fashion. It means one-of-a-kind. These include designers' original designs or clothing that is custom made.


Ready to wear (Pret-a-Porte) - Term used to describe the mass produced garments. These include designers' originals manufactured to a certain number for department stores and offered at lower prices.


OPPOSITE ENDS OF FASHION 
Classic - is a fashion that stays indefinitely. 
Fad - is a fashion that dies quickly and whose greatest appeal is as novelty.