The article that i read is ” Fashion as communication, Barnard. M.”

This article describes the resolution of the class if it is based on people’s clothes. Although there existed class differences in twenty-first Century, everyone’s equality is a fact that we can’t deny and ignore. In the article, fashion is dominated by people of high class and judged by social status.

In this article, he mentioned “Everyday we make decisions about the social status and role of role”, “the right and wrong”, “I don’t think this is applicable to today’s society, and it’s a very superficial way. Because everyone has his own attitude towards fashion and different aesthetic standards. Therefore, it is unreasonable to differentiate the class according to the dress. Because some of the rich and cultural people pursue simple life now. They will not pay much attention to fashion.

This paper discusses the different fashion for different attitude, because different people decided to fashion is not a single, perhaps It could cause high class can lead the trend, but they can not define fashion . I found an article to support my point of view, It comes from “Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: Fashion, Status and, Taste at the Court of Mahaut, C. 1307 – 1310 ” From this article,the author  consider that the  fashion is an attitude rather than the pursuit of luxury .Also, fashion cannot be defined, because the aesthetic and different way of life. Everyone can have their own fashion.

All these two articles have a common point of view is how to define fashion? It’s very one-sided when I just communicate through one time. During other person’s clothes to define the fashion is very one-sided. In my view,I consider that the fashion can not be define.This is because 他、he way to show fashion is not only through clothing ， but also your attitude, your attitude towards life.

Through this article I see different people have different thinking for fashion. I agree with others view : through the dress to determine social class is the objective existence .However, in today’s society, using this method to determine the folly of this is like to pricing this is. I need to emphasize that the fashion is not just clothing economy, is also a kind of attitude. But this kind of attitude is what some people are missing. We don’t use old ideas to define fashion. Because the real fashion is an attitude. And attitude can never be defined.

To sum up, After reading these articles, I felt that my thoughts became clearer and I reached my own conclusion. I know more deeply about the meaning of fashion to us.

Reference:

Barnard, Malcolm (2002) Fashion as Communication, London: Routledge

Bartlett, Cole & Rocamora (ed.) (2013) Fashion Media: Past and Present, London: Bloomsbury

Wilson, Elizabeth (2003) Adorned in Dreams, London: I B Tauris

Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: Fashion, Status and, Taste at the Court of Mahaut, C. 1307 – 1310

Dedicated Followers of Fashion?  Socio-Economic Status, Inequality, from the Industrial Revolution (18th-19th C), England.