Fashion, an Identity

Hi Guys.

I hope You all are doing well.

Today I have not come up with any fashion tips but I am going to in the upcoming weeks.

I am going to express my thoughts about identity and how can it is connected with the fashion or dressing sense I possess.

Fashion is something that has been important to me for as long as I can remember. Growing up, my mother  would love dressing me up, allowing my personal sense of style to grow from a young age.

                Identity and fashion are intrinsically connected. Everyone says something with their style, and everyone makes decisions about how to present themselves on a daily basis. Even the people who claim to not care about fashion still must buy their clothing and choose how to wear it.

                 Identity as a serious topic of study evolved in western cultures from a more historical interest in notions of the self, subjectivity, and personality. The origins of identity can be located in the rise of more self-aware notions from the 16th century onwards about the existence of the fashioned individual. Identity-based sartorial trends continued across centuries as consumers continued to personalize their clothing relationships so that by the 19th-century identity was firmly connected to possessions especially in urban centers where the opportunities for retail and personal display or conspicuous consumption both enabled and encouraged this tendency.

                 Hence, appearance matters and fashion and accessories project the identity of the wearer and their aspirational social role. 

                  While clothing an fashion have historically been used to express status and wealth in terms of materiality and social order

                  The style influences of fashion within its system of production and consumption have also changed direction as the traditional top-down influence of elite fashion system from catwalk to consumer has been upended as we see urban-wear dominating the aesthetic inspiration for all levels of fashion.

Do mention your views as well in the comments section as well. Thank you.

Anjusree Talukdar.