Fashion: The Transformation Of Fashion In The 18th Century

The world famous designer and fashion icon Coco Chanel once said “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, and what is happening.” Fashion is something that has evolved multiple times and is also something that has stood the test of time since the very beginning. It’s something that effects society from things like people’s first impressions of what they assume about you to defining your social class from the wealthier to the not so wealthy. Fashion itself is a reflection of social, economic, political and cultural changes. It expresses modernity, symbolizing the spirit of the times. "Fashion is the most powerful art there is. Its movement, design,

By the 1820’s and 1830’s, politeness had so definitely given the ground over to fashion that those seeking a social reputation started to talk about entering fashionable rather than polite society (Li 34). The fashionable society offered a better barrier between social classes than the polite society had. The rise of fashion was closely related to the popularization of the idea of fashion via mass printing. Once fashion was able to be a part of the mass printing it became the hallmark of a transformed and expanded pop culture (Li 38). So even in history fashion was a major part of society. The fashionable quality of the upper class, the exclusiveness of social events, and the behavior of the macaroni’s all suggests that modern fashion was shaping the polite world in very significant

Style is something that comes from within. If there’s anything absolute about style it’s that it holds you accountable to yourself at every moment. People understand that what they put on in the morning is the first thing that people notice about them (Garcia 6). The clothing you wear affects how you feel about yourself throughout the whole day. In fact clothing is the most principal means for identifying oneself in a public space (Crane 9). Clothes are supposed to give us a sense of security in presenting ourselves to society. Our personal identities focus on our own beliefs, goals and value systems, and our fashion comes in all forms. This form of identity can be expressed when people wear whatever they like because it makes them feel good about themselves and makes them feel happy, confident, less self-conscious and free from social expectations and