Fashion inspiration is found all around. Some people find it off of what they see on the street, others a cool social media post, and even just finding what they like and trying it out. Everyone has their own style and some are judged, but is it just because they are different, or is there more to it?
When it comes to fashion inspiration, social media and walking through everyday life serves as a vibrant runway to fashion trends. Showcasing mixes of styles that are not only intriguing, but reflecting the individuality of each and every person.
Some parents say that their children can help inspire them in the way they dress, as well as their children. Mrs. Talkington, a teacher at Taylorsville High School, expresses that “My daughter will check my outfits before I leave to make sure I look cute” as well as shopping together having an effect on style influencing her children and vice versa.
Fashion Inspiration can also be rediscovered in recycled fashion trends. As heard on the podcast Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain, in a recent episode titled “2010’s fashion, trendy or timeless” she goes into depth on certain clothes popular in the 2010s, and whether or not she thinks they are going to make a comeback, or if they were just for the 2010’s period. For example, Emma shares jeggings (jean-leggings) looking cheap, bad, and overall hating them and further states “I think that they are such a catastrophe that I think that they’re done forever.”
5th Grader Analia Rascon, shares “A big trend in boys and girls is bell bottom pants.” Bell bottoms had an uproar in the 1970s showing the recycled fashion trend, and now seen in 5th graders in the 2020s.
Though people can find fashion inspiration all over, fashion has its quirks and bizarre additions. With all of these unique ideas circulating fashion, it comes with plenty of judgment.
Sophomore Grace Stephenson says, “People have their own personalities and they reflect off of their clothing.” and she doesn’t judge people based on what they wear. She further shares that she might find certain styles odd, but only considers them different instead of seeing it as a bad thing.
Judging based on what people wear can also create assumptions about the person and their life, whether wrong or right. In “How People Judge You Based on Your Style: An Experiment Done by a Montclair State Professor” it states, “Other students asked if he resells hypebeast sportswear on an app like StockX. He said he did! Crazy right? We were also able to establish that he was the eldest child. How exactly? Who knows, but supposedly someone got that vibe by the way he dressed.” This is an example of making assumptions about the way somebody dresses and being right, but this doesn’t apply in all circumstances.
Even when people say they don’t judge others based on what they wear, there has to be something that the majority of people think is weird that is heavily judged online. Teachers like Talkington, voice that animal accessories she finds different. Seeing that this is in classrooms, as well as widely spread through social media, people see what is called “Furries” as being majorly judged.
Despite people being judged by what they wear, everyone has their own opinions as well as their own styles. Whether found on Pinterest or created by the brain, at the end of the day what people wear is how they reflect themselves as a person and what makes them happy.
