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post #16 of 22
6/28/11 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by yachtie View Post
To get buggered.

Hmm. I guess the extra room eventually required in the trousers becomes a self-regulating function.
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post #17 of 22
6/28/11 at 7:46pm
For teh dumb.
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post #18 of 22
6/28/11 at 7:47pm
To sell shitty made/looking clothing to people for enormous amounts of money.
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post #19 of 22
6/28/11 at 7:58pm
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Originally Posted by Hard2Fit View Post
I always like listening to people "in" fashion explain the difference between fashion and style.

"Fashion is clothing. Style is what we do with those clothes."
I forget who said that, but was someone "in the industry".
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post #20 of 22
6/28/11 at 8:26pm
Camouflage, deception, fun, protection.
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post #21 of 22
6/28/11 at 8:40pm
Fashion = Conspicuous consumption. Also to showcase particular values/belonging to specific groups. It's a communication technique, and a fairly effective one. Also, for those who claim that they adapt a particular fashion/style completely without an intention to send a message, that in turn is communicating a certain thought. (Look at me, I wear what I want, or Look at me, I don't care what I wear). As McLuhan said: The medium is the message.
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post #22 of 22
6/28/11 at 10:50pm
Fashion is for perpetuating a business model. Style is how a person wears their clothes. They aren't mutually exclusive, but they aren't necessarily linked either.
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