From the days of Coco Chanel to today’s red-carpet-walking celebrities, style has always been a staple in popular culture. I personally enjoy pretty much everything from shoes and bags to headbands and sunglasses. It’s fun to buy things that make you excited and happy, and even more enjoyable to dress up.
Fashion can be inspiring and uplifting. It can make you look forward to things that you might normally not be thrilled about; going to that distant relatives wedding can be less painful if you’re wearing something you’re absolutely obsessed with (and can’t believe you got on sale). Thus, wearing something you like makes you feel good, almost empowered. When you have something like a job interview or event to attend, the better you look, the better you feel. And the better you feel, the better you’ll do.
People who get their pride and confidence from what they look like are materialistic and shallow. It’s is on the inside that counts. These people always waste a ton of money on things.
Not necessarily. Fashion can be a hobby- something you do that makes you happy. Just because you don’t do it outside and it doesn’t involve tackling or rackets doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.
Clothes and material things should be what you use to describe who you are; instead, they are helpful tools in expressing yourself. Moreover, magazines like InStyle cater to both the wealthy and budgeted, showcasing designer shoes and handbags but offering tips on how to find trendy items for less or how to make the most out of what’s in your closet.
So you should just drown yourself in a bunch of magazines to decide what you should wear? Sounds lame.
Magazines, websites, and TV shows revolving around fashion trends and well-dressed socialites are easy to find and even easier to get addicted to. The Rachel Zoe Show, for example, follows the celebrity stylist fast-paced and super stylish life as she dresses A-list celebs for award shows and galas. Shows like this inspire people to express themselves through fashion. Give one a chance and you'll see.
Okay, so lets say I watch one of these shows and get hooked. That leads me to my next point: fashion-obsessed people are unoriginal. They follow the same trends and, while they’re trying to show their individualism through their style, end up all wearing the same thing they all saw in last month’s magazines. They look like a bunch of over-dressed posers.
Actually, fashion makes the world a better looking place. What is more aesthetically pleasing: a city full of disheveled slobs, or a society of people that look dignified and like they have at least a little pride?
Yeah, but then again, how many people do you see in person and on TV wearing zebra-print jumpsuits and ten pounds of cakey makeup that think they look great? Fashion is a deathtrap-it can go wrong in more ways than it can go right.
That’s fair. But there are tons of resources for people that like fashion, you just have to know where to look. Like, if you want to come up with cute ideas for what to wear to work, check somewhere like shopbop.com or the catalog of a department store like Bloomingdale’s or Nordstrom, not last week’s episode of Jersey Shore.
Alright, I guess it won't hurt to takesome pride in what I look. I’m not putting on any makeup, though.
Give it some time. You'll get there, and you'll like it.
Whatever. Pass the remote, Project Runway is about to start.
...Oh man...watch with me here!
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