For many
people clothes and accessories are a means of expression of the truest type,
which can reflect the personality of the person who wear it and communicate
something to the others. Playing with fashion means to be able to express our
own creativity and imagination, trying to create a unique and original style.
Very often,
however, clothing chains, especially those offering not too expensive clothes
and accessories, which are therefore affordable for most people, are lacking in
originality, and propose standard models that threaten to make us seem all the
same. Moreover, being the clothes produced by these chains the ones that people
buy the most, just because they do not have exorbitant prices, the same dress,
jacket or boots might be worn by many people. However, the standardization
effect does not only hit the cheapest chains, but also the most prestigious
brands: just think about bags, the major object of desire of every woman, along
with shoes, obviously. Some bags can be seen on the arm of every woman, be she
a showgirl or a shop assistant, a great actress or a worker: no matter how much
it costs (very often those who cannot afford the original model content
themselves with a fake), it seems that if you want to go out, you must have
that bag. In fact following fashion also means to accept a given style, to
dress in a certain way, to conform to the dictates imposed by a certain trend.
In this way, though, the expressive function of fashion ceases, and fashion is
no longer a synonym of originality.
But fashion
has a thousand resources for those who wish to create their own style making it
as original as possible: you only need to appeal to accessories and details,
and even the most standard model can become very original. The attention to
details is the strength of many fashion houses and companies, which make their
models unique by adding particularly elaborate buttons, personalized pins and
brooches, studs or strass. If you want to have a unique style you can get
goodwill and go in search of original clothes in particular shops, as well as
in markets, or, if you have manual skills and a lot of imagination, you can try
to personalize you own wardrobe. If you have an old leather jacket, for
example, you can try to attach studs or safety pins, and you will get a modern
and fashionable garment (the 80s, punk and dark styles are very appreciated
this year), but it will be only yours and different from any others. And if you
want to add a touch of colour to your black bag, you can attach a coloured
leather key-ring (on the market there are key-rings of different colours and
shapes, and some companies produce scented models!), or original brooches. Even
a belt can add something to your clothes: choose a tooled leather belt or, if
you are bold, choose gaudy colours, or appeal to the buckle: even the most
classic belt, with a personalized buckle, can characterise your style.
To sum up,
clothes can be a means of expression or of homologation: it is up to you to
decide on which side you are.
