What Is More Important? Fashion Vs Style
Much is said about trends , but before buying clothes that you may only wear a couple of times and, later, leave them forgotten in the closet, I’m going to talk to you about Fashion vs. Style .
It is very important that you are very clear about the two concepts so that, later, you go to the stores with the right idea.
According to any dictionary, fashion is a set of clothing and accessories that are based on certain tastes, uses and customs, and that are used for a certain period of time. Its main characteristics is that it is usually temporary, everyone wears the same, and it is imposed .
On the other hand, style is the set of features and characteristics that define a fashion , and make it personal and peculiar, so it differs from the rest.
In other words, fashion is a general trend , which is imposed and temporary; on the contrary, the style is unique to each person , individual and durable.
Fashion can never be individual because “they put it all through our eyes ” and make us want those clothes or accessories. Ending that everyone wears the same, whether it feels good or not …
For example, so that you understand me better: nowadays fashion firms tell us that men’s jackets are worn very short , fitted and with very small lapels. This type of garment looks great on thin or short men, but those with a thick complexion or very tall, it feels terrible.
So if you let yourself be seduced by that trend in fashion and you are wide or very tall, no matter how much it takes, you will never look good .
Oscar Wilde already said it : ” Fashion is such a horrible thing that it needs to be changed every six months .” Or William Shakespeare himself:
” fashion wears clothes faster than men .”
Fashion is more of a market issue than an aesthetic one , certainly. Because it must be modified more and more often to keep production always running.
On the other hand, style is a personal issue, which implies the taste of each one, the knowledge about the own body, and even the sensitivity that one has.
In short, style is more an expression of each person’s taste , much more individual and usually looks much better than passing fashions.
The man who is committed to dressing with style stands out from the rest and shows a personality that is not subject to the demands of fashion.
Unlike fashion, the style is durable , it does not tend to change easily. It only varies when the person does, in relation to changes such as age or social condition.
In short, fashion equals us but style differentiates us and makes us unique.
And I don’t want to forget to tell you that elegance also influences both style and fashion … That you follow fashion does not mean that you are elegant, but that you do not have your own style either … Although that is another story …
