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Fashionistas... I admit to having a pashion for fashion

October 06 2014

In a recent interview in the Australian magazine,Miuccia Prada said that for many years she was critical of fashion for its superficial aspect and always felt guilty.....She went on to say,that now she respected it,and struggles against the hypocrisy.. She has now become a defender of fashion because she says,its a very interesting way of looking at society and because what we wear says something about ourselves.She added that she wonders why there is such a preconception amongst intellectuals to think fashion is stupid "I don't know why it should be more stupid than chairs or a table because it is about your life"..."Every single person in he world wants to be more beautiful,it doesn't matter how intelligent they are...Vanity is a part of life"..The interviwer then asked her where sh thought fashion was going,"'Fashion is going where the world is going...The real revolution happened in fashion when there was real revolution in society...The miniskirt when there was Women's Lib,in the 1920s there were deconstructed clothes when women didn't wear budtiets any more.. What happens in fashion now reflects what is happening in society today"......Do you subscribe to the notion that what you wear speaks volumes about who you are?...And where do you imagine the direction that fashion will take ,given what is happening in the world now?...Personally I think that there will be less production of cheap goods,more recycling of materials, and hopefully less slavery and better wages and conditions for the workers producing our clothing,shoes,bags etc....xxQ

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RHP User

10 years ago

I am a slave to comfort.

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Seachange

10 years ago

I like fashion but it does not define me. I like to dress and feel pretty for myself. If other people like what I wear, then good if not that is their opinion. In my day to day, am a jeans and tshirt girl. Very casual. No makeup. For work, I suit up depending on the type of work scheduled that day. Cocktails and drinks, girl's night out and dinner dates are fun and the only time I get to dress up. Unfortunately, this does not happen too often. Why do you assume that less production of cheap goods?

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RHP User

10 years ago

Hope so too Q. Seriously how much crap do we all need? This may not be totally related except that it talks about our materialism. It was an article I read on the Ethical Jobs website and it was titled "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. It states that in this day and age with all the automation we should all be able to do our jobs in 2-3 days a week and have the rest of the week off to spend with family and doing the things you enjoy. Yet we have come up with jobs that are totally meaningless and don't contribute anything to the world and work more hours than is necessary. These two comments from the article really resonated with me: "in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it." "Given the choice between less hours and more toys and pleasures, we’ve collectively chosen the latter." As for where the world is headed now. I just don't know. Fear, suspicion and terror? We want more and more cheap goods and food. Look at all the rubbish food in the supermarkets that are full of salt, sugar and air and have assisted with the obesity epidemic. I think the majority of Australia still think more the better rather than good quality and less.

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RHP User

10 years ago

I buy only good quality clothes. No use buying cheap - even if you do not use the item long enough it is fine to pass it onto someone else. And comofrtable, of course, if I was a woman I'd find it a challenge to wear high heels... Oh, another thing - I do not buy new, the world is facing an environmental crisis and it is possible we have already produced enough clothing for several decades to come.

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RHP User

10 years ago

I am hoping that as we become more aware of the conditions that people work in,the servitude ,the lack of pay...that this will lead to us consuming less and that what we do buy is based on ethical production.. the fire in a Bangladeshi sweat shop where hundreds died alerted the world to this situation......Meeka,thanks for sharing that and it is so true people who work with people..for example teachers get paid less than a truck driver for instance xxQ

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RHP User

10 years ago

of my wardrobe has been in fashion at one point in time ! Even the shredded jeans !

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Violetincredible

10 years ago

With regards to your comments on work and society... The situationists in social philosophy actually discuss that idea... I have written academic articles on it. I seriously believe our Protestant work ethic, our society structure including schools being created throughout the Industrial Age leave us conditioned to work and do things by the clock.. But that just sidetracked me - sorry! Back onto fashion- I love fashion... I love what it says about the ages in which it is created the history of fashion in society is fascinating and the history of dance/ballet jazz etc and the costumes in each and how it relates to the fashion and values of the era is also interesting and tells you so much about the people and society in those times. In the future it would be amazing if people recycled more and that may happen in western first world countries but I believe many countries are just becoming industrialised and as they do they will produce more and many of these countries are heavily populated so they will have an impact on the fashion industry. For myself I follow fashion but tend to buy fro op shops and create my own stuff in line with trends.- it's fun 👻💅👑👒🎀👛 Xxviolet

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6exxy

10 years ago

But style never goes out of fashion. Class and style for me!

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Circe

10 years ago

I don't know exactly how fashionable they are? Fortunately and unfortunately I have champagne taste on a beer budget which makes me very careful and creative. Lots of my wardrobe is recycled - opshops, vintage and recycle stores, eBay and I have a few friends with whom I swap stuff. I spend my hard earned on good quality shoes and jeans. Good designer jeans are worth spending on - gotta show off your assets.

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RHP User

10 years ago

"Do you subscribe to the notion that what you wear speaks volumes about who you are?...And where do you imagine the direction that fashion will take ,given what is happening in the world now?" Yes, to a certain degree what we wear speaks about us as a person...though I'm no psychologists. I'll take any excuse to dress nicely, though that possibly doesn't mean I will follow the latest trends. I tend to buy new, simply for the fact that most second hand clothes don't fit my tall and lean body. This means I'm likely buying clothing that is in fashion in some way. I like to believe that society will move away from mass produced products. Though I feel it's not a simple task and the implications are vast. I'm all for hand crafted products (especially because I hand make shoes hehe) As to where it will go, I honestly don't know. - Posted from rhpmobile

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RHP User

10 years ago

but I do find the history of the major fashion houses and their key designers/founders quite interesting. (I quite like violetincredible's little diversion on the topic)

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RHP User

10 years ago

A lot of Australians dress like slobs. Go to the mall and every second chick is wearing leggings encasing a massive arse and the blokes live in boardies & polar fleece. Ugh! - Posted from rhpmobile

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