Have peoples fashion standards gone down hill ?

Question

I could be wrong but people dont seem to dress up as much these days as they used to . I always dress up just to go out the house never mind going clubbing or to a social event .

Answer 1

You are 100% correct, metrogeeza. Recently when I have been to a nice restaurant for dinner or a theatre I was dismayed by how many people just wore the t-shirts and jeans they no doubt wore earlier in the day. Whatever happened to making an occasion of something, or at least wanting to make yourself look nice? And whatever happened to the idea of 'putting on one's Sunday best'? Yesterday in church I was sitting behind a young man in white trainers with the crotch of his jeans hovering just above his knees. It was disrespectful.

It's not a question of the fashion in today's shops not being as good as it used to be, though I agree with that. There's nothing wrong with wearing 5 or even 10 year old clothes that still wear well as long as they're presentable - they might look better than the hoodies and ripped jeans which are creeping into places where they are just unsuitable.

Answer 2

I used to dress up every time I'd walk out of the house, but that really annoyed people that I was around all the time.

I guess each fashion standard is evaluated by where you are. Maybe the people you are around think YOU have bad fashion sense.

I personally just dress how I want to and what works for me.. not the "latest" trend. Some of the trends are f'n ugly and the only reason people start wearing such dreadful clothing is because of celebrities who have the designers basically paying them to wear their clothes so they make money.

Answer 3

Fashion was always an ephemeral, passing affair of whatever was most strongly adopted by fashion leaders (e.g. royalty etc. long ago) and nowdays the promotional magazines. Seems to me over the past 30 years people have adopted the convenient "anything goes" principle in everything from high art to clothing. This, paradoxically, allows both the fantasies of individualism using whatever one has, and also the "in group" uniforms of exposed brand-names and back-to-front baseball caps. STYLE has always been something different, personal, relying on quality materials, good cut, a sense of sculptural form, and that elusive thing "taste", whilst still perhaps subtly echoing the prevailing character of the fashion over a more extended period than merely "what's hot now". So true style is always more restrained than "fashion", and can look good over a longer period too. If "clothes maketh the man" (or woman) it isn't fashion that does it, but style, and the personal carriage that can make even well-cut jeans and a shirt look good in almost any company. The base of that is a sense of self. I enjoy seeing that, in any well-assembled outfit. What I see mostly, with unflattering and formless pants exposing ear-ringed navels and bulging backsides is neither self-respect, or respect for others either. It may be considered fashionable by the ignorant but it certainly isn't "style". Most "fashion" is marketing on the inbuilt obscelence principle.

Answer 4

Partially agree with you. Although I know of some people that wouldn't even step out of the house without being dressed up.

Mind you it is nice to go out looking casual as you need to feel comfortable in what you are wearing.

Probably just the fashion at the mo..!

Answer 5

You are not wrong. It's not fashion itself, after all the designers are still MAKING the nicer clothing, and the stores are selling them. It's people themselves who have stopped caring as much.
While I think that your clothing and shoes should be comfortable, I don't agree with the lounge wear and sweats being acceptable pants and tops for everyday wear. They belong in the gyms or in the home. They shouldn't have replaced denim as the "sporty" look. That places jeans as the "casual" look, khaki's as the "informal" look, dress slacks as the "formal" look, and suits and long dresses are "ultra formal". So what happens to tuxedos and gowns? They don't get worn except for proms and in wedding parties. I remember when (and I"m only 27) jeans were the "sporty" look, khaki's were the "casual" look, dress slacks were "informal", suits and long dresses were "formal", tuxedos and gowns were "ultra formal", and sweats weren't worn outside of the home unless you were working out or otherwise engaged in physical activity. You NEVER saw them on people at the malls, restaurants, or movies. Lounge wear was for sleeping, not grocery shopping.
It's almost like class and manners have gone out the window, and people's sense of style and appropriate clothing went with them.

Answer 6

aarrggg, I know what you mean, I think the fashion at the moment is terrible...I usually like to be fashionable but these days I cant take to wearing what most shops are selling...I shop around and try to get things that suit me regardless of fashion.

Answer 7

not only is the whole scene of FASHION going downhill, but now the whole concept of "SIZE 0 models" is getting out of hand aswell!

Models nowadays look more like skeletons than living human beings...and it makes me SICK to see that some people think that its FASHION!!!

Answer 8

What is Fashion? I were what I feel like and I don't give a hoo-ee if you like what I got on or not.

To aswner your question... I wouldn't wear 90% of todays fashion if you paid me.

Answer 9

people dress acording to the way they feel

Answer 10

trends change. fashion is a business remember that :)