What is the use of Fashion?
Fashion is the style of human behavior, popular during
usually short period of time. If during a certain period, people begin to put
on bell-bottom trousers, wear spectacles with large, disc like glasses, or keep
their hats tilted, they are doing so because it is the current craze.
Fashions and Culture originate in man's age-old wish to look distinct
and attractive. Naturally, they are more popular with women. It is said that
the chameleon does not change its color as quickly as a woman wears out a new
fashion, but men too, can't plead innocence.
Let us look at the popularity of fashion from another point
of view. They are popular with the youth, because in young people the urge of
showing themselves off is the strongest. Children are too small to be aware of
it, while the aged are too old to pay any serious thought to it. The young , on
the other hand, find life enjoyable and want to enjoy it more by adding to its colorfulness.
They adopt all sorts of devices to look attractive.
Latest fashions are popular in big cities rather than small
towns and villages. The reason is that most fashions are luxury . People of
simple and poor backgrounds can't afford to indulge in such luxuries. On the
other hand, the rich, clever and advanced city-people can afford to follow
fashion which have a glamour of their own.
Fashion can pertain to any aspect of human behavior. But the
most popular fashions are those in dress. Men's trousers and shirts change in
size and shape every six months. Women's clothes change in design in every
season or so. It is the west which is the home of fashion. In the east,
although they have their own traditions and cultures, prefer to copy and follow
the western fashion. Fashions reflect the character of a nation. Western
fashions are a clear index of the western mode of thinking and feelings seen
respective way of living.
Fashion creates a colorful variety in life and adds to the
cultural wealth of a country.