BASED ON THE DICTIONARY, "FASHION IS A POPULAR TREND ESPECIALLY IN DRESS, ORNAMENT, AND/OR BEHAVIOR." ON A BLOG FROM ABOUT.COM IT STATES "IT HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE AND MAKE A SOCIAL STATEMENT." I BELIEVE THAT THESE DEFINITIONS ARE BASED ON SHALL I SAY, "POPULAR PERSPECTIVE" OF FASHION RATHER THAN BEING TRUE. I BELIEVE FASHION IS A WAY TO EXPRESS WHO YOU ARE AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO BECOME. IN SOME WAYS IT DOES PRESENT A SOCIAL STATEMENT, NOT ALWAYS A POPULAR ONE THOUGH.
THERE ARE SO MANY "FASHION STYLES" THAT MAKE THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF FASHION TRUE IN SOME WAYS. THE "TREND" NOWADAYS ARE MUSTACHES, THICK RIMMED GLASSES, SEQUIN COLLARED SHIRTS, AND EVEN THE LATEST AIR JORDANS. MANY PEOPLE TEND TO DRESS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE POPULAR CROWD AND SAY, "THIS IS ME". I THINK BEING TRULY SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT MEANS YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT ONE THING THAT SETS YOU ASIDE FROM THE "IN" CROWD. AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST WHAT YOU WEAR BECAUSE FASHION INVOLVES(AS THE DICTIONARY DEFINES) BEHAVIOR, BUT HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF. ACTING ROWDY AND GETTING HYPED OVER DUMB THINGS DOES NOT MAKE YOU DIFFERENT BUT MORE AND MORE WHAT PEOPLE SEE EVERYDAY.
FASHION DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN HAVING LOUIS VUITTON PURSES, COACH SHOES, AND THE LATEST ALLIGATOR BELT. FASHION IS ABOUT EXPRESSING YOURSELF EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE "POPULAR TREND".
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