According to Christopher Breward’s aphorisms from his foreword to Fashion Studies, “Fashion is not necessarily spectacular.” which I strongly agree.
To be honest, fashion is very good at packaging itself . When people think about fashion, the first phrases appear are always: fantastic, amazing and unattainable. However, I believe that fashion is not only a party to the minority. It should not only be limited to celebrities, rich men, magazines and runway shows. Everyone could be fashionable in anywhere. Fashion is a way to show ourselves. It is a positive attitude towards life: being more confident and optimistic. Fashion could belong to anyone who are willing to taste the sweetness of life and beauty. It also helps people to attract others to know them; Fashion helps people at work; Fashion assist couples in love. It could be demotic, ordinary, mundane, routine and humble in daily.
Moreover, Breward claims that “Fashion is intensely personal, in the same way that poetry is intensely personal. It is a medium through which personal stories can be told, memories re-lived and futures foretold.”. I agree with the above statement to some degree. I believe fashion is personal to the person who is wearing it and is a way of expression, it can express people’s characteristic. According to a person’s choice of clothing, their partial personality is represented. It can also have a deeper meaning than one would expect with first glance. But I think that not all fashion is personal. Most of the time it is just a way of living and might have no meaning in behind other than a source of coverage. I think it is hard to know personal stories, memories re-lived and futures foretold by just looking at people’s fashion style. We can’t judge people solely by their outward appearance. For example, I tend to dress very different in work and in school; so I could be read as two totally different person in different circumstances. Fashion is just one kind of ways that help us to emphasize personality but it might not be always right.
