King Louis XIV of France had a definite fashion sense. A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. Even people who say they don't care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music, videos, books, and television.
Movies also have a big impact on what people wear.
In Black . Sometimes a trend is world-wide. Back in the 1950s, teenagers everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley. Musicians and other cultural icons have always influenced what we're wearing, but so have political figures and royalty. Newspapers and magazines report on what Hillary Clinton wears.