Fashion in Context to Global Changing Trends & It's Impact on Society

 

In today’s world, fashion is a way of life. Like other basic needs such as food, water, and shelter, clothing is also one of the most essential elements of life. People remain concerned about their outfits all the time.  Fashion is not just topical in nature but rather an evocative and refreshing representation of one’s personality. Their occasions decide the type of dress, as every occasion has a defined fashion style, such as office wear, party wear, casual wear, festival wear, etc. In addition to this, if people follow fashion trends, they are noticed by their friends, colleagues, relatives, and even by strangers. Likewise, fashion trends do play a major role in human life. 

The changing fashion trends create a healthy and competitive environment that inspires the next generation of fashion designers and other related people to work hard and create meaningful and innovative designs.
Fashion trends constantly come and go , meanwhile a society’s values are established and evolving characteristics to their beliefs and culture.

With the rise of social media has come the complete explosion of streetwear. Social platforms like Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube etc have provided a space for individuals to take self-expression to another level. Yet fashion has always been about personality. And as individuals make history, reflecting on their ever-changing identities also means reflecting on history. Clothes are like windows into particular points in time. Evidently, fashion reflects social changes. Fashion, art, cinema and other human forms of expression are important protagonists in changing society’s behaviour.


Impact of Fashion Trends on Society

As fashion has become an inseparable part of human society, it plays certain roles in society. It influences the society and also get influenced by the society, for example, a farmer wearing ripped jeans, it means, fashion has influenced the people living in the village. On the other hand, if the ethnic wear of a regional society influences the Haute couture fashion designers, it means society has influenced the fashion. So, it is a vice-versa influence. As per recent research, more than 50% of the younger generation keep close track of the latest fashion trends, and they are the ones who buy first and make styles trendy. Fashion trends have positive as well as negative impacts on society.

The positive impacts being, It creates new employment opportunities for many, It gives an identity to the wearer, or else people get unnoticed, It is an opportunity to merge different cultures and traditions.

Along with positive impacts come negative impacts as well. Because of excessive orientation towards the new fashion trends, traditional design and associated culture may get lost. It is our duty to keep our culture alive along with the new fashion trends.