“Who” wears “what” really matters in the fashion world. Even in the world before, the discrepancy between social statuses is quite highlighted, that is, the ones below look up to the ones above them in the social hierarchy. The tendency now for the mass is to copy or imitate the fashion of those people they look up to, thus giving the “high society”, that is, the prominent people in the society, a right to set the trend in the fashion world. “What you wear defines what you are”. This is the rationality behind every fashion. Essentially, whatever a person wears establishes an implicit definition about that particular person.
Nowadays, the television (or any other type of media) is very influential already, so much as to partake in every detail of human life—including the clothes we wear. Televisions, magazines, etc. now serve as the quintessence of fashion, for it is where the newest and the latest trends are brought into being. The role of celebrities now comes into the picture; they don’t merely give entertainment and information, but they also provide standards and set the latest trends in fashion. What they wear is what’s considered “in” the fashion, especially those worn by the more famous ones including the commercial models and ads. People nowadays also engage to the works of famous designers.
The media also shows the current trends in fashion in other ways than using celebrities. The existence of the “emo” look now is so rampant, which is also currently the most popular theme nowadays. There is also the “punk” look, which existed way earlier than the “Emo” look. This particular type of fashion mainly rooted from the emergence of famous artists including musical bands famous boy bands, etc .
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