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What is Fashion?
A brief description of what fashion is
and fashion of the 1930s
Fashion is a major part of history. In the nineteen thirties fashion was very important. What is Fashion? Is there even such thing as having a good sense of fashion? Who creates these so called “fashion statements”? Individualism has a strong grasp of the fashion sense, but is fashions created through groups of people or just by one individual person? ... Through the church, there are garments worn for religious purposes, are these forms of fashion? Ethnicity and tradition play a large part through the ideas of fashion. Fashion is also a form of identification in the work force. ...
What is fashion? Fashion is something that is dealt with everyday. ... There is a change in fashion all the time, as well. Our fashion sense is unconsciously influenced by television, music, videos, and even books. ... Movies are very manipulative when it comes to fashion and sales. Many famous people, for example, Elvis Presley or Madonna, are major icons that influence the fashion world.
There are three major theories that explain the origin or beginnings of fashion, the Modesty theory, the Protection theory and the Adornment theory. These three theories may help people understand where the ideas of fashion have begun. ... 21)
The ideas of fashion are believed to have started with the age of royalty and politics. Another leader in the history of fashion may be the actual aesthetics of clothing. ... Fashion is also created by musicians, as well as television and movie icons. Magazines are even a large fashion source. ... Even types of fabrics are a major part of creating high quality fashion.
Fashion helps bring out the ideas of an individual. One can say fashion is like a language (Rubinstein, pg. ... Fashion really was not discovered, it seemed to always be there. ... Groups of upper classes may have had more control with the sense of fashion compared to the lower classes. ... So fashion can be a good thing and may also start some controversy. ... Fashion can also be seen through the use of uniformity. ... The idea of uniformity through fashion coincides with different occupations. ... These are different forms of identification through the use of fashion. The business world has a high sense of uniformed fashion. Some of the fashion may not be like by all though.
Approximate Word count = 1914 Approximate Pages = 7.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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