Listening Pete Doherty, wearing slim jeans,taking drugs, "doing photography 'cause it's fun", "writing articles 'cause Carry Bradshaw is doing it", wearing Rolex watches 'cause Sarkozy wears one... So much stupid ideas about what fashion is. Each artistical movement has it's new trend and it's the case in fashion space.
A "non-fashion-attitude" trend is collapsing in planet Earth. It's a movement which is characterized by people emprisonned by brands and trends. It's a group of people who consider themselves fashionable.It makes me think about the real meaning of this word. What does Fashion word mean?
The word "Fashion" is commonly defined as "current popular custom or style"(Oxford english Dictionnary).
According to this definition, being fashionable implies looking the same each other (having a popular style), applying the same codes, sharing same leisures, having same vision of the world. Then, we can trully say that being fashionable means sharing habits which have been previously validated by standart values of society.
So...if you considers yourself fashionable you're a fool! Following what already has been validated makes you HAS BEEN!
Self declared "fashionable people" are fool as soon as they're deciding to wear clothes because everydody is wearing them. They are put in foolishness when adopting a fashion habit is only driven by the choice of a majority . Following trends find it's origins in different reasons : artistical one, esthetic reasons, family history... Sometimes, choice of clothes have an historical meaning.But when it comes time to be uniformed it's the end of trends and the Begin of foolishness.
Listening Pete Doherty because everydody is listening him is the main caracteristic of foolishness. Listening "Pete" for personal reasons and musical affects leave the choice to adopt (or not) what people want you to like.It's the first emancipation steps. The point is that in each fashion epoque, people followed trends after forerunners put to mainstream a way-to-dress.
From the distinction between male and female outfits to the abandon of corsets in women closets.
From the first use of soap in French Court to children ready to wear, there always been someone who initiated the change and others who followed the impulsion. It drove the evolution of fashion history. It's the way fashion built it's trends and codes. Does it mean that historical fashion trends have been popularized by foolishness?
Fashion created it's codes through social movement, political evolutions. What has been adopted by former generations has an historical meaning and social commitment. But today it's the War of logos.
The real fashion revolution will not be televised: the real fashion revolution will put people in driver's seat of trends road.
In 1405, a fashion writer named Christine de Pisan thought about fashion trend and it's influence on people's habits. She criticized trends forerunner. She considered them as fool. According to her, they had to be ostracized because they were "crazy". She considered each new fashion trend as a Sheep Maker.
She said: " they are following each other as a fool can follow another fool. If the majority were smart, people didn't had to follow trends. Then fashion excess ( trends) wouldn't be imitated".
Fashion trends always ignited same reactions. Following or not following? Adopting or not?
When I am trying to find an explanation to the word fashion, it starts to be confusing.
Fashionable... Fashion Able...Able to be fashion?
Gabrielle Chanel said:" Fashion is changing but style never". Getting personal style, reveals personal identity. This identity who'll distinguish you from the others.
A few weeks ago I met a young stupid girl (23 years old, parisian, and totally bling-bling in her mind).
I won't tell her name 'cause my purpose isn't to screw up "her image" (it's very important for her), so, that stupid girl tempted to explain me that listening a type of music defined if you were fashionable or not.
So according to her being a "Cliché" meant being fashionable.
So much people are not following current trends but are fashionable.
In other side, A-list Fashion designers are inspired by trends and they are following them.They're doing it in a certain way : adding their own sense of style in revisiting trends. That makes the difference.
Coco Chanel wasn't fashionable when she started to develop her style. Then, when she had been lauded by the majority she became "fashionable".
I don't consider myself as Fashion-Able, nevertheless, I am following trends as a watcher, but does it mean I am a F.A person?
Only Fashion can tell, but in Style I trust !
