Fashion is making a statement with clothing, accessories, and behaviors that are popular at a given time. It’s not just about clothing but also how people express themselves through their appearance, including hairstyles, makeup, and overall aesthetics. Fashion can be influenced by cultural trends, social movements, and individual creativity, often reflecting the attitudes and values of society. Daily fashion trends are inspired by artistic trends such as in music, movies, and art, season and weather such as winter, or wearing lighter fabrics in summer, personal styles such as individual preferences and personalities in choosing how to dress, social media such as Instagram and TikTok showcase different styles and trends also inspire many new looks, fashion industry such as runway shows, designer collections, fashion magazines also bring up new styles, comfort and functionality such as daily routines and activities influence people choices ranging from casual outings to comfort for work, historical influences too like re-emerge often with a modern twist.
Challenges in fashion:
One major challenge in fashion is blending and mixing colors, knowing the right outfit to wear during every season, and knowing your style and what fits your body type. The confidence to carry your preferred style? To solve this problem, we have a blend of color wheels to help people blend colors easily and some apps have been developed also to help people know what to wear during a particular season such as Pinterest. Generally, fashion for students often balances personal expression with practicality, which is influenced by their unique environment and interests, some students’ fashions are mostly inspired by art and design, peer influence, campus culture, sustainability, social media, personal expression, cultural background and fashion trends, friends and peers. Music and fashion work hand in hand such as fashion collaboration, artist influences, subcultures, mood and themes, live performances, and many more. As much as fashion is trendy and beautiful, people’s reactions to fashion are very different and some admire, criticize, feel inspired, cause confusion, nostalgia, and exclusivity such as luxury brands which can trigger emotions that reflect personal beliefs, societal values, and ever-evolving nature of fashion
