Fashion lifestyle and Individuality / Causes of fashion trends

Human mind is fond of being unique among the world of common. Accordingly, it always passionate to express uniqueness and speciality by using various means, modes and ways. Fashion is such a means by which person deliberately reflects it’s individuality. In this article, “Fashion, lifestyle, and individuality” I’m going to explain the interrelations among fashion, lifestyle, and individuality and posible impacts on human mind and society at large.

Understanding interlink between fashion, lifestyle, and individuality

Fashion is a means or form by which one can express his or hers self expression, individuality and uniqueness. Fashion is time, place and culture specific. It means that in place, time and social settings, it changes and evolves in the course of time.

Generally, fashion may be so diverse ranging from clothing, hairstyles, footwears, jewelleries, make-ups, and so on. Though it is as old as human civilization, it’s nature has been diversified as well as intensified in the globalised society.

What are the present Examples of fashion?

1.Sports wear, trousers, bell-bottoms, street wear, ceremonial dresses, jogging suite, etc. are well known fashion of clothing in the present world.

2.Short hair, skinfade, spiky modern undercut, curly hair, afro hairstyles, blowout hairstyles, french twist are popular examples of hairstyles.

3.Coloured eyebrows, pastel shadows, romantic pouts, sheer skin, Kohl-rimmed eyes, peach monochrome, are some well known fashion of make-ups.

4.Rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, pendant, longchains, chokers are examples of jewelleries.

5.Apple posture, hourglass posture, pear posture, rectangular body posture, inverted triangle posture are examples of body posture fashion.

6.Sneakers, flip-flops, slippers, platform shoes, Oxford shoe, thigh-high boot, sports shoes, running shoes, stiletto heels, are some well popular examples of footwear fashion.

Exploring Origin, evolution, and death of fashion Or cycle of fashion

Fashion is a dynamic form of self expression rather than static. It means that it has cycle begins with origin and ends with death of fashion.

Why do people passionate to express uniqueness or individuality?

Being a social animal, human not only learns ways of living life from society but he also influences the other people in return by his unique style of living.

Actually, no one prefer to be a part of class of commoners instead of they want to behave or live by his or hers own ways. It may be achieved by creative clothing, hairstyles, footwears, jewelleries, make-ups, body postures and so on.

Surprisingly, human is a social animal as he integrates most of the ways of living or lifestyle from others or social settings. At the same time, he doesn’t let himself to be a part of common class.

Though he depends upon the social institutions for his socialization, he always aspire to express his individuality compare to colleagues. Simply put, he does both influence and get affected by. In short, he wants to see himself in the role society likes.

How fashion cycle grows and die downs

Initially, when a person opt for a certain fashion, it doesn’t invite welcome but objections from society and especially family. But, as time pass, they find that his fashion is being adopted by others slowly.

Finally, time comes when his fashion becomes too much common that it looses it’s relevancy to express uniqueness or individuality. This is all about the fashion cycle right from origin to death.

When a fashion emerge at the beginning, it makes with conflict with social values or beliefs. Later, it gets accommodated by society. But, as it gets accommodated, it starts loosing its luster to impress people.

Man wants its special status or existence without loosing its common class connection. In the course of time they architect different ways, means and modes of living life while remaining within the same social settings.

Explaining meaning and examples of lifestyles

How do you live? What clothing you prefer? Which hairstyles you like to make? How do you show your body posture to others? These are some important means and ways of your living life is called “Lifestyle”.

In this modern world when there is no restriction on the freedom of speech, people have every rights to express theirs like and dislike while living in the social settings. They can wear, use, practice as they wish but subject to reasonable restrictions.

Indian saree, shervani, kilts in Scotland, tracht in southern Germany and Austria, are some examples of traditional lifestyles.

Crop top, jeans top, punk rocker style, logo T-shirt, street wear, miniskirts, blazer, etc. examples of modern lifestyles.

So, fashion, lifestyle and individuality is the clear-cut manifestation of freedom people got, aspirations they have, and motive they possess.

Relations between Modern lifestyles and individuality

There is proportional relationship between liberal democracy and rapidly changing modern fashion and lifestyles. People want to realise theirs total potential in the liberal democratic atmosphere.

Lifestyle is a totality of fashion and ways of living. It includes how do you want to be in the place, time and social settings. If you have total freedom to express yourself about what you would like to be in the absence of external coercion, is called individuality.

Simply put, you just put forth of your inner reflection to prove why you are different and unique compare to others. It is achieved by a form, means, and ways called fashion and lifestyles.

Really, if you want to explore the interrelations among fashion, lifestyle, and individuality, it is imperative to know the facilitating and necessitating factors.

When there is social external coercion in any society, it is too hard to imagine of freedom to express individuality opposing social institutions.

Sociologically, it is expected that social actor should not challenge the social conformity; instead should be consistent. If any actor act in such a way that it is going to challenge the supremacy of social institutions, it creates conflicts between actor and society. In sociological terms, we call it social conflict.

Once the social institutions admit that certain changes are indispensable to ensure social solidarity and unity avoiding social conflicts, much desired changes are accommodated. It is what we know social change.

Actually, social change doesn’t come smoothly but it borne out of social conflicts. Social change paves the way for more social freedom to the actor in question.

In such atmosphere, people get more liberty to express what they would have been expressed in the absence of external coercion and pressure. In short individuality is the product of available social freedom, accessible fashionable things, and personal intent or desire.

Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, telegram etc. are driving force behind the pace of changing fashion, lifestyle, and individuality.

Without the presence of social media platforms, it looks hypothetical to popularize each trend within short period of time in vast space.

In other words, social media platforms and world of fashion have symbiotic relationship. It means that one without other is bound to face threat of extinction.

Present state of fashion, lifestyle, and individuality

Modernization is manifested by liberal modern values, fundamental rights, and value for individual merits. Despite certain islamic monarchies and communist regimes, the fashion fairs, events, are mushrooming across the world. The latest fashion trend is spreading like wild fires.

Even in the remote or rural regions, people cutting across age, culture, and religions, new fashion trends, modern lifestyles and individuality is blossoming like fragrance.