In the beginning of the ‘Introduction to Fashion Studies’ class, I was questioned “What is Fashion?’. I answered to that question without thinking, Fashion is what you wear daily. Fashion is one’s form of expressing oneself. Fashion can express one’s identity. In my opinion fashion was the term that could include style-fashion-dress. After I have attended all the lectures now I think differently. Style-Fashion-Dress can be clearly defined individually in my mind. Style is something that is eternal, everlasting but also tied to a period in time. It is a way to characterize and differentiate from one another. Fashion is not only related to clothing and jewelry but also includes one’s living style and behavior. Style on a larger level can become fashion. Style can become fashion through exposure. Fashion is a combination of personal style and overall trends, which come from media. Dress is items that covers and decorates one’s body. It is a record of cultures and people’s lifestyles. It is a medium of style. It also means physical garment itself and it is most closely related to the body.

Fashion systems transform clothing into fashion. Fashion is a symbolic production while clothes are a material production. Fashion is a symbol manifested through clothing. (Kawamura 2005, 59)