NATURALLY, everybody want to be fashion conscious; to fit into the ever-growing society. Otherwise, one will be left out or be stale.
And the type of clothes one wears largely depends on where one is at a particular point and where one is going as it is usually said that the type of clothes one is wearing gives one a place to seat in any occasion.
Yes, if you dress like a tout, ushers will give you where touts are seated, and if you dress responsibly, you will be placed where responsible and nice persons are seated.
Fashion in the most general term applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing or performing that is favoured at any one time or place. The current fashion, style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.
Fashion is also the dominant style within a given culture at a certain time and it has to do with new trends and refers to popular ways of dressing during a specific area. Thus, the fashion industry deals with the prevailing styles of the present time.
Fashion experts say that there are five types of fashion designs. They are Haute Couture, Luxury fashion, Ready-to-wear fashion, Economy fashion and Fast fashion.
According to them, the origin of fashion dates as far back as 1826 and it is believed to be first designed by one Charles Frederick known as the first fashion designer of the world from 1826 to 1895. Fashion satisfies many of the essential desires of human beings whose fulfilment is necessary to live in society.
Fashion also has some significant advantages in society as it keeps a society lovely through different new styles and subsequent changes as life goes on.
As stated earlier, clothes influence how we look at someone. They help create an idea of what we think about their personality. It is stated that wearing what makes you comfortable is a statement and people will respect your individuality.
It is equally of note that researchers have now found evidence of clothing and attire in Morocco dating back to 120,000 years ago and that the earliest evidence of humans using clothes has been found in a cave in Morocco with researchers finding tools and bones made from skinned animals.
Also, a new University in Florida study following the evolution of lice, shows modern humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago.
From the above, it shows that fashion trends are not new. Lifestyle talked to some people what fashion means to them. A fashion designer and also a graduate of Economics in Asaba, Delta State capital, Adanna Chimezia said that fashion enhances human life balance and not only does it allow you to dress fashionably, it also gives you an opportunity to be independent in your thinking.
She said that fashion is necessary as it shows you how you care about what society follows, adding that it represents the trends in society and plays a vital role in fully representing an individual.
Another respondent, Goodluck Jeffrey said that fashion is fugitive and transitory in nature and hence, has very little effect on human lives and hardly contribute to social change.
He also stated that fashion keeps a society lovely through different new styles and subsequent changes, adding that fashion promotes social changes from time to time and also respects traditions and customs in society.
In addition, he said fashion encourages people to modify or amend all those customs that are rigid and have no relevance anymore.
Generally, fashion is like a love affair that continues unabated and as it would appear, society cannot do without fashion and must therefore learn how to live with it. It brings the world nearer to the people and refreshes the surroundings for the people and therefore makes people live longer without knowing it.
