Fashion
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Fashion (from Latin facio) is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, design, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion refers to a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses or to prevailing styles in behaviour. Fashion also refers to the newest creations of textile designers. The more technical term costume has become so linked to the term "fashion" that the use of the former has been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear, while "fashion" means clothing more generally, including the study of it. Although aspects of fashion can be feminine or masculine, some trends are androgynous.
The term 'fashion' usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expression that may or may not apply to all. Inherent in the term is the idea that the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole. The terms "fashionable" and "unfashionable" are employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current popular mode of expression. The term "fashion" is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and goodness. The term "fashion" is also sometimes used in a negative sense, as a synonym for fads, trends, and materialism.
See also
- Laver's Law
- British fashion
- Fashion photography
- French fashion
- Italian fashion
- Fashionista
- Modest fashion
- Street fashion
- Haute couture
- Female body shape
See also
- Fashion accessory
- Fashion design
- Haute couture
- History of fashion design
- History of Western fashion
- Index of fashion articles
- List of fashion schools
- List of fashion topics
- Red carpet fashion
- Runway (fashion)
- Sustainable fashion
- Benetton
