The Fast Paste Culture Of Materialistic Needs

Clothing has its own meaning in communication. We are being judged by our clothing every time we come in contact with someone. Human communication is accomplished by two ways, one third by words and the rest by nonverbal communication (Hickson, 1989). Clothes serve to be protection, social identification, sexual attraction, and many other services. Someone’s clothing can be different compared to others. Their clothing is based on their age, gender, occupation, personality, and values. According to William Thourlby, there are ten decisions that people around someone make based on their clothing along (Hickson, 1989). The ten decisions are:

How fast fashion is affecting the environment is a very serious topic since this type of consumerism in the United States is heavy on supply and demand, and because of that shoppers want it all and want it now which is basically fast fashions motto. The way to make these pieces of clothing heavily rely on cheap materials that can be made quickly, so that is polyester and cotton being made in big factories that emit out toxins into our earth. Cotton being one of the most used fabrics takes a lot to be made into a single garment. Uzbekistan which is the 6th biggest producer of cotton had faced many conflicts during production since cotton uses so much water to be made it has dried up the 4th largest lake the Aral Sea because of how much we need to produce cotton fashion. (Prospectjournalucsd) Buying these cheap garments that become unwearable after 5 times (Forbes) of wearing it usually gets thrown out after and producing more waste that gets put into our waterways since theses garments shed easy and through washing them can “find their way into oceans and on the shores everywhere.” (Sweeny) So with the help of shoppers, being able to cut down on the purchase of fast fashion can help aid in keeping the ecosystem in order.

(Choose a garment, which can be used to discuss fashion from the point of view of the consumer. This garment must be able to demonstrate how the consumer individually constructs their identity and conveys that identity through the style and styling of clothing. You should treat this garment as an object as a form of evidence, which can help you to explain theories of fashion discussed in the sessions. The intention of your analysis is to examine the ways in which we can ‘read’ objects and images, understand their meanings and explain them in the context of broader theoretical and social concerns. You should aim to be as analytical as possible. You may want to use further

As I was reading The Beauty Bias, by Deborah L. Rhodes, I came across a statistic that perplexed me, saying the total “annual global investment in grooming” comes to $115 billion (Rhodes, pg. 32). This shocking fact provokes a worrisome question: Why do we, humans, spend so much time, money, and thought on our appearance? As a complex question, there are several equally complex answers. However, the simple answer is that everyone else invests their time and thought into your outer shell, eliciting effort from you to improve what they study - your external image. The concern placed on one’s fashion choice or natural features by society takes away from larger, more pressing issues such as the declining economy, or feeding third-world countries.

Perhaps the reason luxury clothing buyers advertise designer clothing logos on their bodies is because they’re trying to advertise themselves. In a study geniusly titled “The Rival Wears Prada” four evolutionary psychology researchers find reasoning behind why people, women specifically, frivolously spend their money on designer clothing. Hudders, DeBacker, Fisher, and Vyncke cite several studies about why the male species would also indulge their money into overpriced clothing solely to attract women. These studies show that men not only limit their spending to clothing, but also invest large sums of money on expensive cars, watches, and even pens attempting to signal to the opposite sex that they are

Fashion is everything to society and the media. The fashion industry has transformed into a necessity in the life of people. Everyone wants to look good, feel fabulous and feel as if we belong with everyone else. The envy and desire to wear certain things and look a certain way all come, from wearing the latest fashion handbags, accessories, dresses, shoes, and the list goes on. But, when is considering fashion into an individual’s life going too far to the extreme? Many do not consider the whereabouts of fashion materials and how the environment is affected by the mere existence of certain garments. Some may believe these objects grow on trees. But that is clearly not the case. Even though it would be nice. The fashion industry as a

“BEFOR I CAN TALK TO YOU, PEOPLE SHOW THEIR SEX, AGE, CALSS, POSITION, WITH WHAT THEY ARE WEARING. ALL THIS IS REGISTERED UNCONCIOSLY“ Those words said by Alison Lurie in the language of clothes (1992), reflect perfectly the main point of my research. The society we are now living is an extremely conscious society regarding body image and the way we are presented to the exterior. We found an obsessive trend on wanting to look like celebrities by having certain items or looks and in relation to that a fear of not being percepted the tight way. This is where we found relation to how clothes are part of a conversation we haven 't started and are a form of expression. As there will be explained further on, we use clothes as a sign of our identity,as a way of representing ourselves and stand out from the crowd and also influence on how we appear in front of others making them (clothes) a huge part of our non verbal communication. This essay will discuss the ideas behind self -expression and the role of clothes has changed in that mater thought time.

During our life we construct many different identities of who we want to portray ourselves as to the rest of society; fashion plays a vital role in generating who we are. With the ideas from Storry and Childs they state that “the way that we dress can either serve to confirm or to subvert various facets of our identities, such as our gender,

Ever since their invention many centuries ago, clothes have been used as a way of communicating. The message communicated relies on a number of factors including the social background of both the communicator and the receiver, and the context in which the message is communicated. Although at times the exact message or symbolism one is trying to portray may not be clear, it is evident that clothing has long been embraced as one of the best ways to project one’s desired personal image to those around them.

Because race, beauty and sexuality are all mediated through concern with bodily appearance, I designed this project to allow for the possibility of studying the intersection of these issues. For this reason I conducted the research both in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, and in Sydney, in Australia, and 16 of the 19 beauty retail employees I interviewed were of Asian origin. On its own, this statistic is not revealing, as 60% of the world’s population is of Asian background. Of more interest is the fact that these retail employees work in an industry that is dominated by Western brands. Were these brands, I wondered, responsible for offering ‘White’ assumptions about beauty? Did employees with Asian backgrounds adopt

“influence of clothes” often plays a central role in the manifestation and preservation of social

In the United States, 22-billion new clothing items are bought by Americans every year. Many people buy clothing as new styles are brought in and made popular, and they dispose of their clothes. This is a huge problem as, the fashion industry is the second largest polluting industry in the world, the only industry that creates more pollution is the oil industry. The growing of raw materials, dyeing, manufacturing, shipping, and disposing of clothing all contribute greatly to how big of an impact the fashion makes on our environment. The harmfulness of the fashion industry is largely in part due to the fact that fashion companies and retailers want the most clothes for the cheapest so that they can make the largest profit possible, while ignoring the impacts of doing such.

Fast fashion has a big impact on the environment and on the employees of the fashion industry. The environment is deteriorating because of the fabric and clothes in the industry. The fast fashion industry creates 10% of the world's pollution (Bedat). With each part of making the clothes, from the fabric, to the shipping creates an environmental and occupational hazard (Luz). Not only is the environment impacted, but so are the employees. Many of

Generations ahead of us only had a tiny wardrobe, where clothes were not washed every day. In our generation, fast fashion is in. It’s ok to have multiple shirts or shoes of the same color. It’s actually ok to throw away unwanted apparel. Apparel companies are beginning to focus on sustainable fashion, also known as eco fashion. Apparel, fashion, and textiles is the most polluting industry in the world. Every stage, that a garment goes through, uses up and threatens our resources.

It is widely accepted that Fashion makes people look good. In contrast, there is less evidence to prove or disprove whether or not Fashion can make people feel good. Not just in the sense of retail therapy and increasing self-confidence, but in relation to healing our body and mind, and increasing our sense of well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine if fashion could indeed heal us from within, or if it could only make us feel better superficially. This report covers fashion as a creative arts therapy, as well as investigating the evidence in relation to the efficacy of healing fabrics and textiles, and the potential use of fashion in relation to tactile and sensory