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Student Essay on The Importance of Fashion in U.S. Culture

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The Importance of Fashion in U.S. Culture

Summary:   An essay on the importance of fashion and its influence on culture throughout 20th century America.


Fashion and Culture

Fashion can be described in many different ways. Fashion is very opinionated, inconsistent, relative, sporadic, and time related. Fashion is the production and marketing of new styles of clothing, a popular trend, or a manner of doing something. Fashion and culture are completely intermingled with each other. Fashion is a huge part of the artifacts, behaviors, values, customs, and shared beliefs the members of society use to cope with their world, one another, and pass down to their next generation.

Fashion plays such a large role in our culture because it is the basis, or foundation in all that we do. Fashion sets the standards in society. All of civilization tries to match their clothing, mannerisms, pets, even the food they eat to what is known at that time to be "fashionable." Fashion becomes.....

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