By Monisha Shivaraj
The Fashion Industry is a world full of uncovering the perfect in the imperfect. Between the perfect and imperfect, lies a fine line of chaos that many of us would want to change. Here’s a list of everything I would want to change about the fashion industry:
1] The world's not thoroughly a runway:
Although the fashion industry walks the world like a runway, some clothes never leave the runway and come into the real world. Fashion shows are a medium of showcasing the art of fashion and the garments displayed often look unwearable. Many runway designs are only worn on the runway or the red carpet. Why is it that some clothes worn on the runway aren’t worn by people generally? These clothes are much more ahead of their time. If there’s anything that history has thought us its the fact that when a designer comes up with a bright new idea of a completely new classification of clothes and designs something new, it either thrives among the people or it does not. But If people do love it, they start wearing it. It might be an unpopular opinion but I think runway garments should be trendy among the people so that the fashion revolution can take a different turn. when 3D technology is changing the industry why aren't we, the men who created it not using it to the fullest? Yeah although we might look like the people described in the “the hunger games” which is a futuristic movie/book, it’s the path us to what lies in the fashion destiny of the world.
2] The flaw in our closets:
People are choosing quantity over quality these days. They would rather buy more clothes for poor quality than buy clothes of good quality. Trends change with the snap of a finger, and everyone is so busy trying to fit into every new trending shoe that they stop focusing on the beauty or value of clothing. An innumerable number of collections come out every year, and people desperately want to keep up due to all the peer pressure in the atmosphere. This can only be avoided if the trends don’t change as fast as they do or if people just stick to a uniform style respecting every garment the own.
3] Toxicity in clothes:
Fashion is a complex art which involves compound elements. Today there are various toxic substances in the clothes we wear. Different fabrics contain different chemicals that are highly hazardous to human beings as well as nature. All these hazardous fabrics can be replaced by safe organic materials but yet these poisonous chemicals still manage to hide in the clothes worn by us.
4] Shadowed talent:
The world is wholly consumed by talent. Every piece of art is unique and every design is peculiar. Many designers are shadowed by designers with personal labels. Top tier brands suppress the talent of designers without their labels. Designers with equal excellence as branded designers aren’t flourishing. The desire to buy luxury goods has clouded. Cheaper price. A bag from Gucci costing thousands of dollars is chosen over a bag of similar excellent design. This has discouraged many unpopular designers who can exhibit more to the world.
5] Fashion that men could follow but usually do not.
Generally, the menswear section is assumed as a limited clothing section with just shirts, pants and a t-shirt. But I have a completely different view on this. Many clothes aren’t meant for men or preferred by men, but I think to look good on men. I did a little survey that told me the same. Many had a negative opinion about men in skirts, makeup, appropriate heels.
Although the survey had many negative responses there were many many positive ones too. An answer to one of the questions: “any clothes that you think are out of the box and could be worn by men but generally aren’t?”
“Overcoats, traditional kurtas and stuff you see in anime, loose-fitting things like how women have palazzos, I've always wanted to try something like that but could not because of stereotypes and normalisation of what’s for male and female”. It is perhaps upsetting to know that men are limiting their wardrobes to the likes of society and not crossing the horizon to reach their styles.
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