I interviewed a really good friend of mine, I have known her for two years, but before this I haven’t really gotten a chance to explore her closet. Because we are very open about everything to each other, during the interview she shared a lot about the clothing she has but we also gone off topic a lot because of that.
We talked about the amount of clothes she owned and her tendency of continuously buying similar types of clothes over and over again, and we believe this habit is very commonly seen on a lot of people. We all know that over-consumption is not good, but it is the kind of habit we all disagree upon but really hard to change. After putting some thoughts onto this topic, I believe that the emerging of fast fashion is the main reason behind over-consumption. Fast fashion companies create eighteen or even twenty-four seasons annually, each season carries a different theme but still surrounding the same trend. Moreover, the items wear sold in an insanely low price, drawing more customers to purchase the items. Not only it is not beneficial to our wallets and closet space, it also does a lot of harm to the environment.
Apart from the idea of over-consumption, I have always thought that my friend will need a lot of time to decide on what to wear and get changed in the morning, but the time she spends is surprisingly short. It is because a lot of the clothing she owns are black. Also, the entire collection of skirts and pants she owns are high-waisted and tops are mostly cropped, which makes it really easy to mix and match the top and the bottom. Just like most of the people who adores crop-tops and high waisted jeans, my friend embraces this trend because it makes she body look more well-proportioned and appealing. Just like how Joanne Entwistle quoted in the writing The Dressed Body, “the social body constrains the way the physical body is perceived” 1, the importance of dressing not only limited to self-expressing and understanding, but also the way we wanted the society to understand us.
