Steemit Engagement Challenge-S8W3 | Fashion Trends Impacts on Society.

Steem Greetings everyone, and welcome to my blog as I share my thoughts about fashion trends and their challenges to society and myself.

Talking about fashion, there are different contexts when we do self-expression during a particular time or place that portrays fashion. This could be your way of dressing, your hairstyle, your shoe wear, etc. Your physical appearance is defined by the different fashion trends.

For this engagement, I will be talking more about fashion based on the guiding questions below 👇 👇.

What are social issues in fashion?

There is a rush to be the first to wear a particular dress, hairstyle or footwear. Some ended up buying what they cannot wear and it becomes a waste.

People are unable to comprehend the changing trends in fashion. Some will say it’s old-fashioned but others called it “old school” and it is what is trending.

What others considered trending, is seen by another group as “cheap”, this has also led to the fashion industry trying to brand and sell at exorbitant prices.

The truth is that whatsoever gives you joy and you can show self-expression with joy 🤩 is what should border you the most. Whether trending or not what should matter is if you are comfortable.

_{Myself enjoying my different fashion wears.}

What kind of challenges are in fashion?

I have noticed three major issues with fashion. They included but were not limited to; different cultures/norms, sustainability and influence on youths.

With regards to cultures and norms, we all know that the world is made of people from different cultures and have norms which kind of act as a barrier for them sewing or putting on certain dresses. This has become an issue for the fashion industry trying hard to comprehend and come out with what people want. However, it is often hard to please everyone and the reason why in some cultures, a woman is not allowed to put on trousers. This has caused gender discrimination within some communities because of what you put on.

Looking at sustainability, I think this is one of the greatest issues faced by the fashion industry. The materials used are not environmentally friendly and casing a lot of damage. When the environment is damaged, we can easily be infected which will affect social life.

Fashion has a great negative social influence on the younger generation. Most of the youths jumped into fashion trends without proper education. This has caused many traumatised, and sexually abused and some suffer from psychological illnesses.

What would be the future of fashion?

I see a crazy future in fashion with lots of competition between different brands. As I earlier said, there is a mad rush to be the first to put on a particular brand. This has equally triggered the minds of designers to become more creative.

Designers who are not creative, I do not see any future for them if they cannot bring up new designs.

As days passed by, we see most of the old fashion designs coming back onboard. One good thing about “old school” designs is that they are more decent than recent designs, especially women outfits.

Recently, most women especially within my community are escaping from putting on high heels. So I think, the future of high heels 👠 needs adjustments.

What are the changes you have seen due to fashion trends in yourself?

There have been lots of changes I have noticed with regard to myself. When I was in secondary school, I love putting on trousers, especially jeans, and had a low haircut. That was what I felt more comfortable putting on. I love putting on sneakers and low heels.

In the university, there was a great change as I started plaiting with different hairstyles, putting on heels was trending and one could not do without heels.

After graduation, I needed to hustle to meet up with my needs. Heels were not part of me any longer as I needed something that will make me swift.

Presently, I love putting on jeans once in a while but still love putting on trousers. This is what makes me comfortable. I hate plaiting especially putting attachments to my hair. The reason why I often go with wigs is easy to remove anytime I feel uncomfortable.

Fashion trends positive & negative impacts on society/ on your personality.

I do not think personally I have any impact on my life based on fashion trends. To me, anything that makes me have self-expression in any context comfortable is good to go.

But to society, there are several different ways fashion has impacted society. This can be positive or negative.

For the positive impact, fashion has triggered creativity as different designs come up based on the trends.

Negative impact, it has brought about negative competition, especially amongst young stars.

It has caused damage to the environment as many do not know how to manage fashion waste.

It has caused some cultural designs to lose value, especially among youths. What matters a lot to them is what is trending and cultural wears are considered archaic.

I am inviting @majerius, @fonjougiresse and @flmbae to share their thoughts about fashion.