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ΕλληνικάReasons for young people’s interest in fashion
Fashion is actually changing teenagers’ lives: the way they dress, the way they act, the way they think, etc. It is true that clothes exceeded their primary role of protecting the body and transformed into an extension of people‘s personalities. Some of the most important reasons for young people’s interest in the fashion industry and fashion itself can be listed. We present them below:
- statement – for teenagers, fashion is first and foremost a social statement. It is an external means of expression to their peers and the rest of the world,
- identity – fashion provides teenagers with a strong sense of identity, thanks to it they can show what group they belong to (“punk”, “goth”, “prep”, etc.). It can also signal a more independent or inclusive personality,
- attraction – teenagers can be extremely conscious of their overall image when it comes to attractiveness. They will often use fashion as a means to attract a certain type of person,
- rebellion – rebellion can also be manifested through fashion. Since rebellion is often a huge aspect of a teenager’s life, it is not shocking that teens often use licensed or shocking fashion to rebel against their parents, classmates and/or society,
- peer pressure – many teenagers pick up fashion trends in an effort to avoid humiliation and ridicule from their peers. Poor fashion choices in the eyes of others can often be an invitation to ridicule,
- celebrities – many times fashion for teenagers is the result of wanting to be like a celebrity. Celebrities are perhaps the biggest factors influencing teenagers in today’s world and can have a huge impact on a teenager’s ideas about fashion and its importance[1].
For teenagers, fashion is not limited to looks and clothes. Teens are known to copy everything easily, so for them, fashion is also about adopting a certain lifestyle or behaviour. For example, the “emo” style has had a huge impact on teenagers. Fashion can have both positive and negative effects on teenagers’ lives.
Most teenagers spend most of their money and spend most of their time on making an impression, and some of them don’t even know the boundaries. They need to learn that fashion is a good thing that helps a person improve, but it can also have a bad effect if they don’t know when and where to stop. In other words, nothing excessive is healthy, and teenagers need to learn to distinguish between the vulgar and the beautiful, because if they continue on one patch, they will transform as a person in a short time[2].
[1] leaf.tv “Why is Fashion so Important to Teens?” https://www.leaf.tv/articles/why-is-fashion-so-important-to-teens/
[2] Fashion blog “The Influence Of Fashion On Teenagers” https://www.fashionologymag.com/influence-fashion-teenagers/