fashion with a history touch

 

       have you ever felt like fashion is being overrated topic, don’t you?   we always hear it millions of time and we don’t know if it is only because gen Z are obsessed with wearing trendy fashion picks or does it have any valuable origin?

     so, let’s figure it out together, the word fashion is originated from the latins as “facere” which means in English “do” – so it means something people create and do- so here comes the real question, which is, what did Latin’s have to do for that topic?

     In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered Latin, he was impressed by the way the natives dress, their material goods their cotton clothes and their feather works, so he decided to maintain a pyramid of hierarchy and obligated them keep wearing their known clothes so that they can’t be mixed with other nationalities . it was a new world to Europeans so they name these people “the new world”.  it wasn’t the first incident, but it was known for ancient Romans and ancient Egyptians to differentiate their social class based on their clothes as for kings and queens were to wear a bright colorful garments with jewelry while other social class were to wear neutral simple garments.  and from here it justifies the role of psychology in fashion as it is introduced as kind of applied psychology that explains the relationship between material and man’s behavior and attitudes (towards himself and others) besides his feelings & emotions and his identity.

       From here we can’t say fashion is our new trend, its definition into “fashion” and make it a “trend” is the way for Gen Z to talk about clothes, but it is already existed long way before it becoming  a societal standard of beauty, it is not defined by a kind of style , Moreover, philosophers were interested to introduce fashion to ancient people and it was known by “beauty” considered it to be a way of art. As Socrates gave the world its initial explanation which he saw it as objective and unique quality that is beyond any physical or personal appearance, it reflect true beauty that speaks of itself and linked to its influence , virtues ,goodness and its ability to inspire.

         as you see, Fashion had been an crucial debate for years and a great field to study in human science not last but least it has a great role in political, economical, environmental and international state . that’s why we find fashion change by changing its era and now as a result of globalization -and role of media/ social media , collective mind has influenced internationally .developing a new perspective of fashion and making it in constant change and improvement. Beauty standards started to be eradicated .The world is witnessing radical changes. International and multi-national brands started to be declined as a result of political views , on other hand new ideology appeared which leads to new economic system , employment opportunities, agriculture role appear to provide them with material . fashion has become an enormous economical power in our era.

And here comes the biggest question, do you still think that fashion is a trendy overrated topic?