In the beginning of the semester, I defined fashion as a communication between the members of the industry. However, as I learned more about fashion I figured out the price of inequality in the communication. The fact that there are interactions between the members of the industry does not make fashion equal to everyone. There are the people who can easily control it even without putting much effort and there are people who have to obey. There are influencers and there are consumers. A celebrity like Kylie Jenner can affect her follower’s style choices through Instagram. This is an inevitable or natural side of the power theory. They sometimes exchange roles and it benefits the industry without harming anyone. On the other hand, there is an obvious injustice affecting the weakest part of the industry’s supply chain. I was inspired by the movie True Cost that I had to watch as my final project. I think I was able to see it as a serious issue since I learned how fascinating and glamorous the fashion is in the class. I could not understand the reason why fashion has to be ugly while ruining the lives and the planet itself by destroying human rights, contaminating natural environment, and justifying itself only with its bright side. Virginia Postrel in The Power of Glamour says “Glamour is, in this view, a byproduct of a capitalist’s vicious game, in which only a few winners enjoy a privileged status.”[1] I think the idea can be applied to my argument on the meaning of fashion. Why cannot we have a good competition for the good? I want to take my future steps as a fashion designer based on my understanding of fashion I had this
[1]. Virginia Postrel, The Power of Glamour, (New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, and New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2013).
