Fashion. To most people fashion is merely throwing on a t-shirt and jeans in the morning without thought or hesitation, and then heading out the door to start their day. They really do not think much about the 'fashions' they wear, which bear testament to that fact. To them, they might think that fashion/clothes are simply a matter of usability. They wear clothes simply because they have to, our society has rules and such about matters that pertain to fashions. Yes they are right, clothes are usable and have a certain value to them. However, there are many a people out in the world who would agree, that clothes and fashion are usable, but would also go beyond that to make a point that clothes are also art.
In my personal opinion, why can not clothes and fashion be both usable and art? Usable art. Surely it is the most usable kind of art aside from just aesthetic value. Think of all the art museums in the world, there are quite a bit to say the least! However, you can not wear a sculpture, the Cysteine Chapel ceiling, or the Mona Lisa. They are simply images and figures for our viewing pleasures, but clothes can be art, that is just as beautiful as the previously mentioned, but have additional purpose in that we can wear the latest fashion trend, and those more privilege sport the latest couture of pieces. Every culture is different to some degree and it is this difference that fashion truly fluoresces and advances! Without a difference in dress, fashion probably would not be as important and diverse as it is. It is what makes us similar, different, feel beautiful, feel sad, feel comfort, and connects us all together on a global scale.
So it is for that reason that I believe clothing and fashion are in deed art and perhaps even the most 'usable' of all art. Aside from that, fashion is an outlet for design, invention, and mastery. It should be the expression of an artist, being a designer, just like a painter paints with oils, a sculpture sculpts with clay, does a designer create wearable, usable, fashions. Also, regardless of the fact that we have to wear clothes by law, we should want to be exposures and advertisements of art, through out creativity with fashion and clothing!
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