In the 1950s, the fashion industry was based mostly around teenagers and young adults. Before this time, adolescents were expected to follow in their parents’ footsteps, but because of the new rebellious era and fashion trends, teenagers were breaking away from this tradition. During this time the economy boosted due to an increase in employment, and parents started to earn more money. This mean they were now able to afford to give their children generous pocket money, leading to an increased buying power and increased sale in the youth clothing industry. Because most trends were now revolved around teenagers, a new freer, loser, laid back style came in, which was a big change to the previous formal trends worn by an older generation.…
How an individual dresses impacts how he or she is perceived in the eyes of others. Often times, the way an individual appears in public leaves him or her open to becoming labeled either favorably or unfavorably. Members of society will often judge an individual’s appearance therefore denying any opportunity to know the “inner person.” In today’s society, some of the socially acceptable ways to dress seem to include wearing pajamas in public venues, wearing revealing outfits, and wearing pants so low that one’s underwear is clearly visible. The contents of this paper discuss attitudes and whether or not wearing such outfits is acceptable in society, in workplaces, and in schools.…
While living in society we are expected to appear or act a certain way. If not,you are frowned upon and have a tough time living in society. In E.J Graff’s “M/F boxes” he tells of a girl from Chicago who was sent to a mental hospital because she refused to wear a dress, a man raped because someone found out that he was physically a female, and a male truck driver fired because he wore women clothes at home on the weekends. People were acting like monsters towards them because they did not follow what was expected of them.…
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, before Laertes leaves for France, Lord Polonius advises his son Laertes that, “The apparel often proclaims the man”. This quote states that people in general, form judgements, based upon what clothing a person wears. In today’s society, we still see the same type of judgement happening! People are judged on a daily basis for what they put on their bodies. Whether it’s a way to express yourself or just your style; women and men of all ethnicities, races, and sexual orientation are subject to being judged based upon the clothes that they…
As I arrive at school, I hear girls behind me say, “Do you see what she is wearing, ew?” Everyday, I am bullied because of my attire. Because of the low income in my family, I do not always wear the most “stylish” outfits. Clothing type is one of the leading causes of bullying. Dorothy Espelage, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, says she has seen an increase in "bullying related to clothes.” I believe schools need to impose school uniforms. If school uniforms were enforced, equality would be promoted to all students. Also, the uniforms would not be distracting or flashy.…
Primark: Primark sells its products both to young and old people, but does a segmentation between the two age groups. So, one substantial segmentation that Primark makes regards the age of people. The market company analyze people of around 16-25 years old and people aged from around 45-65 years. As established by Mintel (cited in Oxborrow, L and Brindley, C (2012:p883) says: ’Older consumers have chosen to favour lower priced clothing in order to save money, rather than buying less’ indicating that the demand for fast fashion retailers -like…
This is in fact the distressing reality my friends. You see how narrow-mindedly we teenagers are perceived. In actual fact at least 7 out of 10 people would agree with that statement. Unquestionably scandalous, isn’t it? Anyone who isn’t a teenager is entitled to spend ‘too much’ money on clothes, or rather, they won’t be deemed as the easily ‘influenced’ youth of today.…
Cross-dressing, for example, was universally condemned- a fact that did not prevent women from repeatedly affecting articles of male costume, much to the horror of their contemporaries” (Matthews-Grieco). Opposite of the Middle Ages, it is seen that the practice of cross-dressing is more socially accepted based on a more liberal society that is evident in 2017. However, even though cross-dressing is more accepted now than how it was once perceived, people still have a a few reservations about it. “Nowadays, the gender binary is becoming less and less relevant, but nonetheless, many of us shy away from cross-gender dressing”…
We have always been used to the thought of having the proper dress for every occasion and every place. This was already taught to us while we were still young. With this project I tried to let go of that norm and made something out of the ordinary to make an illusion of what it will be like if people dress improperly in a certain place.…
general contact. At large, society still pervades in a mind-set to be fully dressed according to…
School’s teaching students to be themselves and express who they are, yet punishes them for what they wear. An article…
At the age of 12, Pooja Patel got dress coded because of her choice of a jean skirt, leggings, and a scoop neck t-shirt. “I was in science class working on a group project. I felt a tap on my shoulder from my homeroom teacher, who had seen me earlier that day. She asked if she could speak with me outside and I obliged. She then told me something that has stuck with me: “Pooja, I know you like fashion, but I have heard some boys in your class talking about the way you are dressed. I think it would be best if you go change.” I was ashamed. I felt ashamed that people were talking about my clothing. I felt ashamed of my outfit choice. And most of all, I felt ashamed of my body. At the time I felt as if I had done something wrong, but in retrospect I was the one who had been wronged. Fervent dress-coding is not only sexist; it also reinforces an already-prevalent body shaming culture, kick-starting the phenomenon at an early age. I understand that we cannot expect to be able to wear crop tops and ripped jeans in the fourth grade, but school dress codes create an environment where women learn early on to feel ashamed of their bodies.” (Patel) The fact that this 12 year old girl got punished for dress code because some childish boys were talking about the way she dressed is disgraceful. It made her feel awful about her self even though she wore nothing that showed too much skin or anything along…
In today's popular culture it is expected of people to have the newest and most popular items, and this reflects back on one's social status. The message that is being pushed at people is that we need more stuff and the stuff we already have isn't good enough. People watch reality television shows such as Keeping up with the Kardashians and watch people who not only have the ability to own multiple cars and have walk in closets filled with the newest fashions but normalize this behavior and make it enviable. For a person of normal wealth spending thousands of dollars per year for new clothing just isn't realistic, but instead of being content with less clothing (because everything around them tells them they need more) they instead look to…
When women wear certain clothing pieces, they are the accessories to the clothing. Schools and others should stop sexualizing women's bodies and placing rules on what to wear. The clothing isn’t the problem, it’s the sexualization of the clothing. “The dress code controversy operates within a larger cultural context--one which women are frequently sexualized and…
Being publicly shamed by your peers when pulled out of class or seen walking with a campus supervisor, who should rather be known as “fashion police”, then later returning in different apparel, is clearly obvious that you were asked to change giving those other students the leverage to insult you based on the fact that you were considered to be dressed inappropriately. The degrading effect of being called out on account of dress code is reason enough to evolve the dress code to rapidly changing cultural styles. While dress codes may have been successful in achieving their goals in the past, this is a new generation with new values and ideas, the acceptance of those ideas also requires the acceptance of how we present ourselves as this…