Fashion is culture because...

Culture is demonstrated through behaviors, beliefs, and other aspects of human thought that are transmitted through generations and individually expressed. “Sociologists aggress that many aspects of our culture are expressed and transmitted through art, music, and clothing fashions.” The lifestyle changes and works of art that influence a culture as a whole are known as popular culture. Popular culture is what defines the current trends and up to date clothing styles that are “in”. Conforming to these trends is what is considered “fashionable” and “modern”. These trends are created by designers and implemented by what celebrities and models wear. And although this is what is considered “popular” to our culture as a whole it does not mean that if you chose not to become a slave to popular fashion that you can not still express your own personal cultural identity through fashion. Fashion and what we wear defines who we are and what we value as an individual. Every time we buy a piece of clothing and put it together in an outfit that we wear, we are making a fashion statement and demonstrating our own cultural identity. We may not choose to identify with pop culture but we are still defining ourselves as a person.