How does culture affect fashion
Agbong Blessing Eda
Fashion is not an isolated factor of clothing or accessories but it is connected to our life in every aspect and among them culture is the most significant. Fashion goes further than clothing and into the manner we desire to live our lives.
Fashion is influenced by cultural changes, such as modernization, art and even technological innovation. Designers and manufacturers produce clothing and accessories in accordance with the culture of a particular region. It becomes the fashion of the region, People adopt a trend in clothing only if it is in accordance with the culture of that area. You may hardly find Muslim women clad in mini skirts in Qatar or American women in burqas.
The more you learn about fashion and new cultures of the geography you are targeting, The more you can create fashion trends for that culture.
Without even saying, culture and fashion goes together and can help you learn about the future of global consumerism along with its effects on trends.
culture in a specific region changes with time. Fashion trends also get influenced with the changing culture in a particular area. Women in India used to compulsorily wear a Sari after marriage. This is because they stayed at home while their husbands earned for the family. As women have started contributing to the family income, they no longer restrict themselves to wearing a Sari.
generally people pick up fashion trends from media. and they try to imitate their favorite actors, actresses, or models in terms of dressing and style they may notice what their friends are wearing and try to adopt the style in their lives. This is how a certain trend gets popular in a region. They cannot wear anything completely outcast, even if it looks good. Anything that the prevailing culture accepts and is enough to make an impact becomes the fashion in that region.
There is an apparent interaction of shifts in consumer lifestyle, fashion and culture.It is essential to realize that fashion is made by people living in different cultures and different locations. If we want to understand fashion and its trend then it is necessary to understand what surround us in terms of the way we live. It is our society and culture which is our surrounding and they are the ones which influence our lifestyle.
culture has a huge role to play in deciding the fashion of a particular region. Fashion trends in a society are just a mirror to its culture. As the culture changes, fashion changes! It can also be said that fashion can impact culture of a region to a certain extent. But majority of the times, it is the other way round.
