Fashion
* All fashion is an aesthetic of distortion.
* Is Art Nowadays, fashion and art are constantly bumping into each other.
* are a kind of nonverbal communication.
* articulates certain aspects of culture.
* bombards women with more social attire than business attire.
* business which changes every three months.
* can also mean a style of language or behaviour
  - be a creative, expressive and personal thing
* come in seasonal weights and colors.
* covers a wide spectrum of items, from clothes to accessories and beyond.
* fascinating and complex phenomenon, an expression of what people feel and think.
* field where changes take place frequently, so demands keep generating.
* highly competitive and expensive business.
* is about clothes first and foremost, but it is also about being fashionable
  - design, but it's also about persona and image
  - individual decisions
* is an arms race
  - effective product for teaching children the basics of fashion design and sewing
  - important aspect in teenagers' lives
  - industry totally dependent on the global economy
  - based on the fear of being different
  - categorized by decades and different decades produce different styles and fashions
  - change and obsolescence imposed on a pattern of tyrannical conformity
  - concurrent to a single aesthetic principle of looking good and feeling good
  - designed to keep insecure mall rats enslaved to the fashion industry
  - experienced by everyone and can be expressed in more than one way
  - fidelity to art as much as to creft-a freedom from rigid dictates
  - just as important as technology
  - no longer confined to apparel, it is the way one lives, the whole lifestyle
  - often a reflection of the art world and the issues of our society
* is one of the passions of young consumers who are in the small car market
  - three special categories of product life cycles
  - worlds largest employers
  - practice
  - public and created by the designers, manufactures, wearer, and the viewer
* is something that goes in one year and out the other
  - the media uniformly, universally deplores, despises and castigates
  - that which can be bought in clothing stores
  - the riot and colour of life
  - used in different ways such as clothing, culture, religions etc
* is what one wears oneself
  - skinny women wear in Paris, France
* language which tells a story about the person who wears it.
* means of self-expression that allows people to try on many roles in life.
* mistress that rules with an iron hand.
* nonverbal statement.
* person's particular style.
* process by which the accepted form of dress is transformed.
* reflection of a given time, socially, politically, economically, and artistically
  - one's personality and ideals
  - the time and place
* run the gamut from everyday wear to designer originals.
* simply refer to fads in clothing style or manners.
* state of mind.
* statement of imagination expressed in color, texture, and shape.
* statement, a way of living.
* tends to grow slowly, remain popular for a while, and then decline quickly
  - reflect the economy
* term used and indexed.
* way to express one's self.
+ Fashion design, Cultural Fashion
  * Fashion is very unique. Some might say a dress is ugly, when another could say it is beautiful. This is what is known as cultural fashion. Different people like different things. Different shoes, different clothes, and different leg wear. It depends on who you are and what your opinions are.
+ Fashion, Clothing fashions
  * Fashion is more than just a designer's whim. Fashion is a reflection of a given time, socially, politically, economically, and artistically. The changing styles show just as much about history and the time period as any history book. It reflects on what people think, what they valued and how they lived. Understanding fashion history'. Fashion is a statement, a way of living.
  * Fashion is more than just a designer's whim. Fashion is a reflection of a given time, socially, politically, economically, and artistically. The changing styles show just as much about history and the time period as any history book. It reflects on what people think, what they valued and how they lived. Understanding fashion history'. Fashion is a statement, a way of living. Fashion is used in different ways such as clothing, culture, religions etc.
  * Fashion is a way to express one's self. Many teenagers show their ideas and opinions by the way they look. They may want to look unique and individual, often to be a member of a group which looks unique. It helps people to make their first opinion of you and can influence the opinions and ideas of other people.
+ Nonverbal communication, Visual communication, Clothes
  * Clothes, and fashion generally, send messages. We judge others by what we see, at least when we first meet them. Fashion is a reflection of the time and place. The styles show as much about history and the time period as any history book. Clothes reflect on what people think, and how they live. Fashion is a nonverbal statement. It reflects our time, our beliefs and sometimes our religion.
  * Fashion can also mean a style of language or behaviour. Fashions are a kind of nonverbal communication. They communicate something, but exactly what is something of a mystery. Often what they express is membership of a particular group.
  * Fashions are like trends. They change more quickly than the entire culture. The term 'fashion' is often used a synonym for glamour and style. Sometimes the term is used in a negative sense, to mean a 'fad'.