Economy Of Fashion

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Fashion is ever evolving. In today’s world, people express themselves through their manner of dressing. Style categorizes individuals this makes fashion one of the most important facets of the human economy. In my everyday life and with the general opinion that “our” generation is lazy and always waiting to be helped before making the best out of life but this same generation developed a means to walk around with the same fashion trend as the “higher citizens” without having to spend as much and I would argue this as seen that there are so much options to choose from and all at far cheaper rates From the early days fashion has been a display of wealth and luxury, a way of expressing one’s self. As authors Elaine Benson and John Esten have written, "from Egypt to Greece to Rome, one rule cut across cultures: the higher you stood on the social scale, the more you wore. The displays of wealth and luxury inherent in a person's external appearance have long been used as social markers to differentiate between ranks or classes, and America has certainly been no exception. In the words of noted colonial historian John Demos, "what a man wore reflected his worth in the eyes of his neighbors.” In Virginia, in 1621, authorities made a rule that only the council and the high and mighty that had big and large land tracts to wear gold or silk till the lower citizens could make for their selves. The higher citizens started the manufacturing silk but gold wasn’t even put into consideration as it was seen as a way to tell the rich from the poor or less privileged. The luxury market continues to shake with the fear of china and their booming economy out of the production cheaper quality clothes with the same designs as the original this is popular known as knock off products. In my personal experience of fashion I gathered that the cheaper the material and man labor the
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