From Catwalk to Your Walk

By Seomul Evans


Fallacious as it may seem, fashion trends dictate the current fads as society accepts them. There are certain organizations and individuals that consider themselves the authority when it comes to fashion and design. However, their opinion and ideas do not necessarily become universal. The fact remains that fashion is never a monopoly and the availability of customized shirts on the market is a proof of this concept. The art of making customized shirts aims to promote the sense of being an individual and thus eliminates the stereotypical ideas that spawn out of absorbing the ideas of the cat walk as universally correct and true. I believe that this is a modern revolution to take away the monopoly of dictating what people ought to wear to that of freedom to choose whatever one wants to express. The keyword here is expression wherein it is achieved only when one's personality overpowers the norm.

Why are teens following fashion trends? The evident culprit remains to be - the beauty magazine. Magazines have always been the source of stereotypes, branding and hasty misconceptions. There is no wrong in following fashion trends however, one should always note that no one can monopolize fashion or fashion design per se. Social media and television have also penetrated into the psyche of teenagers. They have associated themselves with their celebrity idols and social media has instilled in these young minds the significance of image and fashion. Television celebrity idols set the bar even for fashion design.

Fans develop this feeling of devotion towards their celebrity idols to the extent that they consider the clothes their idols wore. This suggests that both social media and television influence fashion trends significantly, but without monopoly. From branded cat walk designs to custom individuality, one must consider that choice entails freedom to make that choice and that these choices are only influenced by the experiences we are subjected to.

Customized shirts give people the liberty of being their own fashion designer and their own models. They are the creative force behind every custom t-shirt and custom apparel. Customized shirts provide the sense of accomplishment as they are individual works and not factory made. The level of self-gratification is immense considering that artistic creations are a higher form of self-expression, moreover customization is an evolution of modification which takes a certain level of skill to address a certain existing item and then recreating and shaping it to fit the personal needs or requirements of the individual. Fashion trends tend to change more often and sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the hustle and one is left baffled- "what am I going to wear today?" Escape the fad and become your own fashion icon (to an extent). Fads are sometimes used as marketing strategies that help influence the current consumer buying trend. Fads create that sense of being "in" with the current trend and then suddenly one loses that feeling as another fad develops.

Customized shirts, on the other hand, never get old. They are a constant trend; they capture every aspect of fashion in a subtle and simple way. It wouldn't take much of an effort to look great. There are instances that one grows tired of the same old simple t-shirt. The answer lies with customization - taking your t-shirt and making it your own whether you do it yourself or you would have someone do that customization process for you. Custom shirts breathe new life to ordinary t-shirts making them more attractive and more personalized. Fads take you into a convention; a line, a common trend whereas customization leads you to personalization and self-expression.




About the Author:



Grab The Post URL

URL:
HTML link code:
BB (forum) link code:

Leave a comment

  • Google+
  • 0Blogger
  • Facebook
  • Disqus

0 Response to "From Catwalk to Your Walk"

Post a Comment

comments powered by Disqus
Powered by Blogger.