PASSION FOR FASHION

Fashion has become a striking form of business. However unlike other businesses, it is an art where one’s passion is laid out; through design of different ideas on paper, then on fabric and as output, attire is created from that.

Sometimes fashion fades out because of lack of inspiration; when one does it for the sake of money and no passion behind it. It is through fashion that one gets ideas even in the darkest situations. Fashion is not calculating transactions. It requires creativity, innovation and love for it.

Fashion is a fairy tale that is brought out to blend with reality. It is an idea of beauty from the mind that is made tangible for all to see, have and use.

There are different levels of fashion. We are not all with the same temperament. There are those who are loud in their fashion and those who are calm and in a comfort zone with what they have. Are there fanatics in fashion? I would not call them fanatics. There are those who have an extreme enthusiasm for fashion because it is through fashion that they acquire their sense of belonging and ownership. They are recognized only through their fashion.

Fashion has come from a far cry; from old fashion to contemporary mode. However, so far the ancient fashion is a touch that has been blended with the contemporary one, with f.a.q (fair average quality).

Are there people who shy off from fashion? They do exist. Their lifestyle is different. They dress depending on the environment and not how they feel. Fashion is an emotional lifestyle; an outward expression of your inward passion. There are those who wake up from pajamas to working attire, from working attire to pajamas. During leisure times, they dress depending on whether it is hot or cold or what type of job they are doing at the moment. They do not base their dressing on any inspiration. It is normal; we have different central tendencies. Fashion may not be theirs.

To have the passion for fashion, one should not be fastidious. Having a free and open mind provides room to see beauty in something and find affection towards it.

Faute de mieux (For lack of anything better), fashion is there, a free zone for anyone. As humans we have sensitivity tendencies. So having emotion is not an option; we just tend to have different forms of it. So fashion is not behind bars. It is as free as the air we breathe. You can realize it depending on your perspective towards it.

There is felicity in fashion. It may sound naive but not to those who indulge in it. Preaching the joy of fashion to someone who finds dressing as just a form of covering is only going over deaf ears.

Making art and practicing design of imaginable and unimaginable ideas requires the feu de joie (fire of joy) to visualize it. Even fashion with the dark themes is made out of passion. Passion is neither good nor bad so you know where I am going with this.

Yes! Fashion of certain extent brings out misunderstanding and confusion mostly if fashion is used to demonstrate something; could be politics or a form of protest. So going over with a fine-tooth comb, fashion is here to stay. Even the hourglass will empty out way sooner before fashion fades out.