By
far, the fashion industry remains one of the most flourishing industries of the
world, but what do you think it makes it so special? I truly believe that it is us
– the people – because more individuals are becoming more and more
conscious of their physical appearance.
It is well known that fashion “is the dominant style within a given culture at
a certain time” and we notice that is becoming too spotlighted for it to be considered
unimportant.
For
the purpose of this briefing, here I’m sharing with you an article from an
European fashion magazine, which might broaden your perspective even more about
this vast and quite intriguing subject….enjoy it!
About fashion, attire, attitude and distinction
Fashion
in clothing represents the correctness of clothes, taste, and attitude. Fashion
is an "outfit", it is a "style". "For a person, everything must be beautiful: both face and clothing, thought
and soul" (Chekhov).
Fashion is also an art, as it is painting, music, literature; It combines
tradition with innovation, classicism with modernism, what we inherited from
our ancestors with what we shape in our contemporary times.
Through
this article, we do not want to pose as modellers, but we are just trying to
highlight some generalities. Balzac, who wrote many pages about fashion, said:
"The brute covers himself, the rich or the foolish adorn, and the elegant
man dresses." It is about the latter that we are trying to discuss.
In
a more optimistic thinking, we must show that change and variation are
necessities of human conscience; fashion can be the symbol of passion, struggle
and creative activity, tensions and desires for rejuvenation, "expression
of the restless innovative spirit, stimulator and orientation of man's vital
momentum" (C. Angelescu).
An
English proverb says: "eat to please yourself, but dress so that you
please others." In other words, fashion means balancing personal taste
with the unanimously accepted one, it means adopting in a personal note what
practice proves corresponding to the taste and preferences of the time, the art
of choosing, from among the invariable elements, those that harmonize with
everyone's personality, in the right place, at the right time.
Dressing
tastefully remains a matter of taste, but of "good taste"; Taste that
has become "good taste" is no longer subjective and, associated with
common sense, is included in the spheres of politeness.
We
dress for ourselves and others; no modesty, no extravagance, not like
yesterday, not like tomorrow, like today!
Contemporary
fashion houses are increasingly giving everyone the right to express their
personality. The current struggle in fashion is for adequacy, for sincerity.
It is expected a relaxed fashion, devoid of rigidity; an evolved fashion, where
each individual is the creator of his own outfit, learning to discern what
suits him, especially when he has the format of good taste. Let it be known,
however, that parrot garments, ornamented with all kinds of "globes,
cherries with rum and screaming plumage" do not go on New Year's Eve, March
1, neither on the seaside nor abroad. Screaming clothes betray a lack of good
taste.
The
fashion of the active man is the fashion of coordinated elements: harmony of
form, style and colors, simplicity, naturalness, naturalness, intelligence!
"Simplicity of cooking and speech, temperance, these are ornaments of
nature" (Democritus).
Fashion
has a logic and a balance of its own, maybe even elegance. Fashion is a
necessity, elegance a refinement; fashion means "what is worn",
elegance "how to wear". With common sense you are born, decency is
given to you by your parents, your outfit and elegance are cultivated…expression
of a certain delicacy of soul, of a way of moving, speaking, dressing and
communicating, our attire, in all circumstances, makes the transition from
utility to elegance.
If
fashion is capricious and beauty fleeting, elegance can be steadfast and always
accompanying us. An intelligent woman knows how to dress, according to her
possibilities, according to her silhouette, age and occasions, filtering and
choosing with discernment what suits her, what gives her charm, what completes
her personality, what achieves balance and harmony of elegance. Charm and
elegance are above fashion.
For
young people, dress rules are somewhat more lenient. Youth is exuberance, it is
thirst for action, with its natural turmoil. A certain note of cheerfulness,
movement, non-conformism and maybe even a certain negligence of clothing can be
part of the elegance of youth, of course within the limits of common sense.
The
diversity of models offered by fashion designers gives the possibility to
choose, depending on age and preference, the model that "gives life to
years" and "does not add years to life". Everyone must be the
"arbiter of his tastes", to know what benefits him; The clothing
"approaches" the body, rediscovering it, emphasizing the waist, hips,
neckline, in a word "femininity".
We
draw attention, however, to the fact that, considering the perspective, good
manners are not easily put in the bin; It will eventually overcome the
permanent desire to return to simplicity that also gives way to awareness and
good proportions.
”Don't be into
trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want
to express by the way you dress and the way to live.” (Gianni Versace)
