Carter Hwang
Period 3
Trowbridge
12/2/19
Small Mindedness in the Fashion World
In the Naperville community, everybody is the same. Especially when it comes to clothing. Guys all wear the hoodie with jeans or sweatpants. If they are feeling dangerous, they throw in a flannel too. They all lace up the nike trainers or the vans. Never stepping outside of the box. You want to know why? They are scared to.
A lot of high school is filled with judgement and criticism. Everybody has a set of watchful eyes who are quick to tell their friends the moment they see something out of the norm. Every single person is aware of this, which is why people choose to blend in rather than stand out. And this shows in the outfits people wear. There is a reason everyone is dressed pretty much the same. People do not want to handle the judgement.
The thing is, everyone wants to be successful. They want to make a lot of money, or have high influence, like a lot of celebrities we see today. It is extremely hard for people to become that because they are too scared to step outside of the box. Most of these successful celebrities are successful because of their creativity. If you look at most of the successful people we see today, you can tell how creative they are by looking at the clothing they wear.
In a GQ Article (https://www.gq.com/story/lil-uzi-vert-fit-pic-profile) they delve into the creativity of the rapper Lil Uzi Vert and how it shows in his sense of fashion. Virgil Abloh, a fashion designer who created the brand “Off White” and is now working for Louis Vuitton, stated, “He is another level of a creative being. To me he is an Impressionist painter replacing pigments with ready-made brands and clothes” Clothing is a way to describe moods and emotions. Later in the article, GQ described, “He embraces self-expression rather than self-erasure, and he occasionally dresses to send a message. During this year’s Pride Month, Uzi wore a Nike rainbow-flag T-shirt paired with rainbow Air Maxes, from the brand’s Pride collection”
While I was on Twitter, I found this article on Lady Gaga, a well known musician. (Unfortunately I Could Not Find the Article) A man was in the condo complex. He noticed one of the elevator buttons was not in use. He asked the lady in the lobby why it wasn’t in use. She answered, “She (Lady Gaga) uses that floor for her wardrobe” As you can see, Lady Gaga takes huge pride in her collection of clothes. She carefully picks each outfit to express herself.
Overall, people need to step outside of the box more. Not only in fashion, but in life as well. Society is too busy judging and degrading, rather than uplifting and encouraging.