| Fashion in its wide definition is the existing in a | | | | seen in the more modern forms of fashion. As a |
| certain period of time and accepted by the | | | | result of increasing globalization many of these |
| society attitude to the external forms of culture, | | | | cultural barriers have been breached and the |
| for example life style, serving traditions and | | | | fashion within spills over into worldwide fashion. |
| etiquette, cars, clothes. However using the word | | | | For example we might now see international |
| fashion we usually mean clothes. The history of | | | | footballers wearing a sarong in an attempted |
| fashion is as old as the history of clothing itself. | | | | fashion statement. Role models are a key issue |
| Since the moment when a man opened for | | | | within the concept of fashion, and will be looked at |
| himself the meaning of clothing as a protection | | | | further on in the argument.Clothes are a clear |
| from weather influence, it was not too long | | | | form of division within society, whether it is |
| before he started thinking about its ethical and | | | | between class, gender or even sexual orientation. |
| stylish function. Apparently clothes became the | | | | Anyone living in society can read into these |
| object that helped him to self express his | | | | signifiers and mostly have an understanding of |
| creative and artistic view and attitude.Fashion, | | | | what they represent. The clothes that we wear |
| defined as being the style popular at a given time, | | | | can often act a barrier between groups of people. |
| can be seen in every corner of the world in one | | | | The aim of wearing a certain type of clothing |
| form or another. Fashion is not only a very | | | | could be said to achieve a sense of belonging to a |
| dynamic concept but is also seen to be specific to | | | | social group. As fashion changes, groups may wish |
| the location and context that it is in. Each culture | | | | to make a statement about their beliefs through |
| has its own form of traditional fashion that can be | | | | their clothes, or lack thereof. |