Fashion as we know is not static. It is progressive- always moving forward, evolutionary, and pieces of fashion can occasionally be cyclical. Fashion can be art, an expression, a statement, political, and religious. It defines, divides, and connects generations, and can aid in social movements.
One of the reasons I love fashion is that it can change numerous times within a culture without rapidly changing the culture as a whole. It is a symbol of culture, and of time within a cultural period. For example, paintings of large oxen, English dogs, and exotic animals were all apart of fashion in the Victorian Age. Bird hats flourished (that is before the onset of the
Audubon Society) on women's heads in 1880, and can occasionally still be found there...or here.
But now I am getting off track. What I mean to say is that fashion has a way of defining certain moments in history/time/culture. And so does health (think epidemics, vaccinations, etc)- and today these two things are starting to come together (look here). And one of the most inspiring synergies of fashion and health I have seen in a while is this:
Photo courtesy of lifeaftercoffee.com
1 comment:
I LOVE this dress. We had this picture hanging in the hallway at Pettygrove. :)
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