Comments on: Fuck Fashion http://noblesavage.me.uk/2009/10/15/fuck-fashion/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Courtney http://noblesavage.me.uk/2009/10/15/fuck-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-3949 Courtney Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:12:59 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/?p=639#comment-3949 This is such a great post, and one I really needed right now...I am by far the least fashionable person in my office. The women I work with don't read or go see (good) films or have any interest in the arts...all they want to do is shop. Lately I've been feeling inferior because I've never been interested in shopping and I worry little about my wardrobe (although that is changing, a bit - post to come) but you are so, so right! I really appreciate everything you have to say, here! This is such a great post, and one I really needed right now…I am by far the least fashionable person in my office. The women I work with don’t read or go see (good) films or have any interest in the arts…all they want to do is shop. Lately I’ve been feeling inferior because I’ve never been interested in shopping and I worry little about my wardrobe (although that is changing, a bit – post to come) but you are so, so right! I really appreciate everything you have to say, here!

]]> By: Iota http://noblesavage.me.uk/2009/10/15/fuck-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Iota Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:44 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/?p=639#comment-3948 Having a body that will not remain young and perfect is one of the very few certainties of this life. So it is better to realise idea early on, I think, that if having a perfect body is your key to high self-esteem, then you're onto a hiding to nothing. I'm totally with you on what you say about the damage that the fashion industry does to women by promulgating the myth that we should all aspire to be size zero. Even those who achieve that can't keep it for ever. And yes, I hate the way it encourages a throwaway attitude to clothes and accessories. More than anything, it saddens me to see a whole generation growing up thinking they are defined by what they wear, and what they carry. The way fashion has filtered down into children's clothing and toys is just plain sad. It definitely wasn't like that when I was a child, but I can see that it's a whole big lucrative market for the fashion industry. Sad. Having a body that will not remain young and perfect is one of the very few certainties of this life. So it is better to realise idea early on, I think, that if having a perfect body is your key to high self-esteem, then you’re onto a hiding to nothing. I’m totally with you on what you say about the damage that the fashion industry does to women by promulgating the myth that we should all aspire to be size zero. Even those who achieve that can’t keep it for ever.

And yes, I hate the way it encourages a throwaway attitude to clothes and accessories.

More than anything, it saddens me to see a whole generation growing up thinking they are defined by what they wear, and what they carry. The way fashion has filtered down into children’s clothing and toys is just plain sad. It definitely wasn’t like that when I was a child, but I can see that it’s a whole big lucrative market for the fashion industry. Sad.

]]> By: Emms http://noblesavage.me.uk/2009/10/15/fuck-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-3947 Emms Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:16:50 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/?p=639#comment-3947 Interesting post & really great comments :o) I, too, love fashion mainly from the art & aesthetic perspective. I feel the industry is in need of revision but as yet there appears to be little move by a fresh, innovative business approach...any wonder considering how prosperous it is! I just wonder when Lagerfeld made the comments had he been reading tips on PR. E.g. 'There's no such thing as bad publicity' I wonder how many blogs, forums across the world are discussing this & adding to the google, press & popularity rankings. In regards to the female body image, I think that whilst the fashion industry does little to help prevailing image attitudes they are not causing the issues. I think that these would be very much down to the individual and their own personal problems, potentially aggrivated by fashion images etc. Are there studies correlating the connection between fashion industry & anorexia for example? Very thought provoking post, thanks NS! Interesting post & really great comments :o ) I, too, love fashion mainly from the art & aesthetic perspective. I feel the industry is in need of revision but as yet there appears to be little move by a fresh, innovative business approach…any wonder considering how prosperous it is!

I just wonder when Lagerfeld made the comments had he been reading tips on PR. E.g. ‘There’s no such thing as bad publicity’ I wonder how many blogs, forums across the world are discussing this & adding to the google, press & popularity rankings.

In regards to the female body image, I think that whilst the fashion industry does little to help prevailing image attitudes they are not causing the issues. I think that these would be very much down to the individual and their own personal problems, potentially aggrivated by fashion images etc. Are there studies correlating the connection between fashion industry & anorexia for example?
Very thought provoking post, thanks NS!

]]> By: Annie @ PhD in Parenting http://noblesavage.me.uk/2009/10/15/fuck-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-3946 Annie @ PhD in Parenting Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:45:20 +0000 http://noblesavage.me.uk/?p=639#comment-3946 I love this post. Thank you for writing it. Personally, I love fashion, but I hate the fashion industry. I like being able to put together a coordinated outfit with just the right textures and colours. I hate that I can't walk into a store and find anything decent that looks good on me. The things I imagine in my head that I would love to wear just don't exist. I need to learn how to sew. I have tried. I suck. So I am at their mercy... I love this post. Thank you for writing it.

Personally, I love fashion, but I hate the fashion industry. I like being able to put together a coordinated outfit with just the right textures and colours. I hate that I can’t walk into a store and find anything decent that looks good on me. The things I imagine in my head that I would love to wear just don’t exist. I need to learn how to sew. I have tried. I suck. So I am at their mercy…

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