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Fashion Is?
By: Areka
Areka@excapethematrix.com
What does Fashion mean to you?
"Fashion to me is a lifestyle. Fashion is my everyday life. Putting colors and prints together to get dressed. Fashion is going to be my career so I live for fashion because it elates me just to see it change." –Heather of Clark Atlanta
Fashion may mean the world to one person and, at the same time, may
be as important as picking light bulbs for a lamp to someone else.
Fashion is forever forward and forever changing. It represents a mood or
a season, a first impression and creativity.
"Fashion is a feeling and a lifestyle. Some people dress according to the weather, I dress according to how I feel" – Eriq, Fashion Host
Lifestyle, feeling, or career; fashion encompasses different genres from border to border and throughout nations. It’s cultural with meaning and hosts traditions among tribes. Fashion can be found from the elderly on down to the pre-teen finding their personal identity. Pet owners even find themselves dressing their pet companions to reflect their personal style in accordance to their own.
Fashion is how I feel...
No matter the seriousness of one’s sense of fashion it’s impossible to get away from. It’s on your mind when you want to make that great first impression. It is there when you realize you put on a black sock and a blue sock rather than two of the same color. From gurus and runways, to the city sidewalk, fashion surrounds us and is continually moving forward.
"Fashion is an expression, it makes you, you" –Shevaugn
"Simply put, fashion is my freedom. I do not follow trends. I set my own. I take a spin off of what's hot and make it my own. I hate walking around looking exactly like the next person. My clothes express my emotion. I may wake up feeling fun, mellow, handsome, grown n sexy, confident, grungy or low key. I just do me." -Teash
"Fashion is whatever you want it to be. It’s not just the big trends that you get from the music videos and movie stars. It’s confidence. If you’re a geeked out computer tech with savvy, YO, you making a fashion statement! Point BLANK (PERIOD). You can be in line at Starbucks and look at something on someone and say "damn, that’s hot", you never seen that shirt, skirt, bracelet, or whatever. But sure enough you gonna try to find or make what you seen on that person. THAT’S FASHION." -Rochelle
"Fashion is how I feel. Sometimes I feel jean’ish or skirt’ish." -
Kim
Whatever fashion means to you it should always be true. It should reflect the true inner you. Fashion is a self-esteem booster as well as a self-esteem destructor. Don’t let it rule you; let it come as natural as thinking about what meal you would like to have for dinner. Make it a highlight of your day, because you will look forward on how the new and improved you can be shown once again. It can be that simple and you will find that fashion is an enjoyable experience!