Does FASHION really just exist because there´s people to judge it?

"Fashion is a social agreement. The result of a consensus of a large group of people."

Stella Blum

I have noticed that many people, when they talk about Fashion, judge fashion so much because they only see the surface, but like any discriminating attitude, they don´t take their time to see underneath, they don´t bother to find out more about what is behind that first impression.

Fashion, in my opinion, isn´t there only to be judged by others, it is there to fill people´s lives with Joy, Satisfaction and Confidence. Fashion is what I can rely on when everything else goes wrong, because I have the power over my own style. Of course I´m influenced by many styles, but defining a new style by combining others and not having a "one and only" style, is MY STYLE!! 

The bottom line is that Fashion doesn´t have to be just superficial, it doesn´t have to be those three seconds you saw an outfit and after that you might never want to see it again because you barely gave it a chance. Fashion, its styles and colors, its shapes and different combinations are the perfect opportunity for us to be satisfied with infinite possibilities of mix and matching so we find and decide what our very OWN STYLE is.

What would happen if we all just depended on other people to speak their mind about the way we dress? What if we are just marionettes that are in a puppet game played by designers so we can entertain even more designers? What if we would treat Fashion as a "social agreement" like Mrs. Blum called it? 

I say we should take into consideration what the rest of the world thinks or has to say about our looks, our style, consequently about us, but don´t let that be decisive for what you want/don´t want to wear, in the end, YOU have to feel confident, comfortable and unique, not the OTHERS! 

“When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.” Lord Chesterfield

Fashion, makes me feel: safe, confident and unique

“Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other.”

I found this quote, and it´s unknown who said it, but it´s the most simple and true quote I have read in the last weeks. In my opinion the idea of fashion is so vague, it has such an indefinite character that it makes me feel various emotions. 

First, it makes me feel safe, because nowadays, no matter what I wear it´s Fashion in some way. I can hardly go wrong because there is no specific standard anymore, the only rule to follow now, is that there are NO RULES!

"It’s a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together."

Alexander McQueen

Second, I feel confident, which is a completely unintended consequence of the first emotion/feeling, safety. Mixing colors and combining different styles is a passion of mine, also when I think too much about it, the joy goes away faster than you know. What it is about clothes, shoes, accessories and their colors and shapes that are so fascinating to me that I honestly feel like I express who I am, who I want to be, and redefine myself every time I put on a new outfit. It is a feeling of power. 

"I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence."

Yves Saint Laurent 

Third, fashion makes me feel unique. Every time I put on some jeans, a white shirt and some sneakers, I know I look good, mainly because there´s no other Alexandra like me. Yes people copy each others styles and look the same, and Yes, on some people it looks better than on others, but your attitude and the way those clothes make you feel, is all reflected in the way you wear them, and nobody can copy that!

"Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it."

Yves Saint-Laurent

To get back to the quote about fashion that comes one year and goes the next. Well, my mom always tells me that "fashion styles keep coming back from the past" and she keeps seeing pieces that are similar to what she wore when she was 17 years old. It always makes me smile when that happens because I have the strong feeling that someday that will happen to me, and those will be my words. I noticed how my style changed over the years, how I laughed at some things that I adore now, and I can´t wait to see when my kids might do the same! 

FASHION  is full of amazing surprises, and it won´t stop to impress or influence us, just enjoy every single STYLE you try out. Life is there to make mistakes, and if you make any with your style then don´t worry, you have the rest of your life and thanks to that mistake, you´re one step closer to your OWN UNIQUE FASHION STYLE!

“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel

“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” Gore Vidal

Fashion, to me, is freedom of visual expression, individualism, and colors, lots and lots of colors!

Fashion...

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." 

Yves Saint Laurent

In the last decade so many changes have been going on with clothing, specially because so many designers brought back looks from the sixties, seventies and eighties, also making the clothing more feminine and colorful. The changes we have seen are nothing compared to what we will see in the 21st Century Fashion thanks to new technologies influencing so many aspects of our everyday lives, according to gdotmoda.com. Soon those technologies will also influence Fashion and therefore our Style. If you think of all the changes that have been happening since fashion exists, and that they all started with inspirations from the most random people at the most random places. It´s crazy to maybe think that the ONE outfit you will wear tomorrow, might influence the fashion world. Whatever idea you have, I encourage you to show it and share it!

"A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion." 

Coco Chanel

I have been thinking that there are so many combinations, so many different kinds of outfits I could wear and go out in them but when I do, nobody seems to be on the streets at that point, so technically my outfit, my style, has reached the street, but since nobody saw it, nobody had the chance to either like or criticize it, does it mean it is not fashion? 
When I have an idea that I want to try out, and I drew it in my sketch pad, but since I did not actually wear it, it has not been out there to be seen, does that also mean it is not fashion? So when a designer creates a new dress, that could be the most unique and most worn dress, but he does not show it to the rest of the world, I guess that means that it is not fashion either.


What does fashion mean to you? Is it something you have to show off? 


Fashion, to me, is freedom of visual expression, individualism, and colors!
Yes, I believe fashion is there to be shown, life is too short to think about things twice, three times, four times, so in the end you might never even do it! 
Just try it out, I DARE YOU! 
I dare you to be irresistible, I dare you to be sensual and most of all, I dare you to show everyone your very own Sense Of Styling!

Finding my own unique style, is a work in progress, it´s an adventure that I face everyday. At some point, I think my own style is not to have a specific style. Did you find yours?

CONFIDENCE: You say it, you think it, then you believe it, and YOU SHOW IT!!