Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fashion and the Media



Why is this hideous Balengiaga dress/chunky coat combination so exceedingly popular? Has the public finally gathered their courage and formed their own massively similar opinion? No. As with numerous alternative fashion trends, Anna Wintour has set her decision in stone: absolute love.

How can fashion, an entity so personal and extreme, become media-controlled? Those who are "fashionable" and those who remain slightly lesser are determined through trend and basic knowledge as opposed to actual talent.

Humans are purely consumers to the savvy business mogul. Why demand individuality and basic human rights when one is yielding to the ideal of spend as much as one can bestow (also known as elitist)?

Deeply saddened by the flaw of the Homo Erectus (the need to belong, the need to be loved, the need for companionship) and the media's manipulation of those traits, I am steadfast in my decision to remain somewhat distinctive.

Fashion is mentality, it is emotion, it is creation. Letting business interrupt the unique aspects of your character will only increase corruption within creativity.

L