Critcizing The Fashion of The Fashion World

     

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    This week, we analyzed a piece called “An Image a Little Too Carefully Coordinated,” by Robin Givhan. Givhan was credited as a well-known, celebrated fashion writer who often had her articles filled to the brim with her blunt and honest opinions on fashion. Therefore, in the piece, she criticizes the fashion choices of Chief Justice John Roberts and his family, with her bluntness extending to even his young and innocent children. She does not hold back with her criticisms of the family’s garment choices for the day, accusing the family of going “too far” and that their clothes are “Old World'' and representative of the fact that they are “a cut above the light-up/shoe-buying hoi polloi” (Givhan 2). Givhans also has quite a lot to say of dressing appropriately to the occasion. She goes as far to state that certain fashion choices don’t even deserve to be seen in the same vicinity as certain individuals and should not be present at monumental occasions. She heavily criticizes the lack of awareness people have for the appropriateness and suitability of certain clothing choices with certain circumstances.
 

    With my blog this week, I also wish to criticize the fashion choices of individuals. However, I want to criticize the fashion of those within the fashion industry. When people think of fashion and what can be assembled by experts for professional fashion events, they think of something extravagant and so beautifully unique and unattainable that they can do nothing but gasp and admire from afar. Perhaps this was the case in the past, with designers coming up with beautiful dresses, pants, and other garments that reflected the sentiments of a generation. However, in recent cases, fashion designers have begun to lose their grasp on what is considered “trendy” and appropriate for prestigious events. As provided by the image above, people have begun to dress like vases under the classification that it is unique and thus fashionable. Although these outfits may potentially hold important symbolic value, they are all still clothing meant for wearing at the end of the day. At its core, clothes are made to be worn. Fashion, at its core, is defined as a popular trend specifically in styles of dress. Thus, it is inappropriate for clothes that are primarily created to be worn, to be portrayed as so horrendously unwearable and visually unflattering at famous fashion events that are meant to showcase and publicize the latest trends in fashion and clothing.