Fashion: show and tell
by susan girolami
"Comfort along with pleasing
appearance should be the goal
of designers--unfortunately
they are manipulating the
mindless masses by introduc
ing sexuality to feed low
egos," exclaimed JoAnne M.
Owens, salesperson at
Anderson-Little, when asked
if comfort should be the basis
of fashion no matter what the
item looks like on the buyer.
The manager of Foxmoor,
East Mall, feels differently:
"No. There's a fine line to
walk between selling some
thing that fits well and looks
good on a customer and just
selling. If something doesn't
look good it is not fashion."
C.S.Denby, assistant
manager at another retail
clothing store stated,
"Comfortable clothes should
be what a buyer shops for and
if they look good on the
customer then they've made a
good buy. Most people won't
buy uncomfortable clothes re
gardless of how attractive
they may appear."
Still another clothes store
manager said, "I think all
shoppers can find something
both fashionable and comfort
able, although it may take
some people longer."
Many fashions are geared
toward comfort; loose-fitting
draw-string or elastic-waist
pants, soft materials, loose
shirts or blouses, flowing
dresses, jeans and t-shirts.
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And there are fashions which
aren't comfortable: tightfit
ting pants, ties, and high
heeled shoes. Owens said,
"Almost everything consider
ed fashionable today is sleek
and tremendously thin--
people are all trying to weigh
90 pounds whether or not
their bodies are designed for
such low weight."
Fashion today is like tak
ing a triangle and turning it
upside down -- big and loose
on the top to very tight and
form-fitting on the bottom.
Designers are telling people it,
is fashionable to be "chic" and
"sexy." But is this what the
people find comfortable and is
it what they want? One
clothes store manager said, "I
think the style makers some
times forget comfort in their
designs."
All things considered, it
can be said that fashion
dictates to the buyer to a
degree, whether the buyer
likes it or not. It also can be
questioned whether fashion
designers are taking advant
age of a society that cries out
for someone to tell it what to
do. Owens said, "The basic
insecurities of people and
their lack of self-esteem lead
them to question their own
taste and decision-making in
what is "proper to wear."
Confining clothes and
painful shoes--if it's fashion
able, it's okay. Fashion is
more "show and tell" than
anything else.
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