This essay analyses fashion as an interpretation of self-expression, an identification process of human beings, the class differences and the consequences of the class distinctions in the 19th, 20th and 21st century and fashion within the popular culture and its effects upon fashion.
Fashion, the basic need for human race to be covered, since the beginning of the time, changed it’s main purpose and has became just a tool of the popular culture. The dilemma of fashion, particularly after the industrialisation became more and more complex to understand: The class differences, the meanings of our clothes and most importantly, what we are dressing for has become a major dilemma within the context of fashion.
“The classic model of fashion advanced by Simmel and Veblen claimed that new styles began with elites and gradually disseminated in the social strata.” (Crane, 2000, p.26) Based on this quote, we can state that fashion is a way of interpretation that in......
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