Fashion and Style

Clothes are on everybody's mind do not try to deny it. Unless people like walking around in the streets naked, they are thinking about wearing something, even if it is skimpy.

Most people want to look good in their clothes. However, not everybody knows how, and those who do seem unable to communicate instructions properly. I will be your knight in fashionable armor.

The words “fashion” and “style” are thrown around carelessly, and it is crucial that they are understood.

Guys and girls alike do not usually think about the statement they are making with a short skirt or a  V-neck T-shirt. Classy or slutty, sexy or douchey, people have eyes that listen while your outfit speaks.

Fashion and style are the only two words that can effectively explain the who, what, when, where and why of proper clothing application. Yet they are used as synonyms and misinterpreted on a daily basis.

Style is the medium. Fashion is the trend. How someone looks, acts, talks, sees, feels, tastes, thinks and believes leads back to his or her sense of individuality.

 Style is defined as a way of life, fashion being that which is accepted by a larger group of people.

Style goes beyond the body; it includes the clothes that you wear, your facial hair, the food you eat, the movies you watch…computers, phones, cars, houses…. All of those are a part of fashion and lead into one's sense of style.

Fashion is pre-determined and dictated by a commonality that brings masses together as one entity. Style is the individuality that follows and stimulates the influences that fashion feeds from.

Style dominates because individuality is strong. Fashion, instead, stole what was popular and sold it as the only thing people should be wearing.

If you want to be in style, you only have to do one thing. Instead of following trends, set trends.

The reason fashion and style are confused and misused so often is because they depend on each other’s definition to exist. Without individuality, unique clothing would not exist, and if unique clothing did not exist, fashion would not have inspiration to constantly feed off.

As a college student, it is important be educated and be aware. Engineering, Journalism or Architecture are all-important, but knowing what you are wearing and how you are wearing it is just as relevant.

Fashion is commonality. Style is individuality. Think about it. Memorize it. Live by it.