Dictation Manipulation: Is fashion evil?

Friday, 28 December 2007

Is fashion evil?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Some interesting points were made here and I do agree with what was said. However, I just wanted to make the point that while fashion has a lot to answer for on some of these issues like size zero and drugs,the focus needs to be centred around addressing the actual issues rather than continuing to solely blame the fashion industry. The media keep putting the emphasis on how bad that fashion has become but this looks more like a scape-goat scenario rather than actually addressing the taboos of society, publically!

L.Julian; 3 January 2008 at 19:29
DoneGal said...: Thanks for the interaction L. Julian - Your quite right! and I believe this was what Ella was touching on... the industry being used as a scape-goat and being made to look worse and worse, through cause it is not necessarily responsible for.

I wonder what everyone else thinks?; 3 January 2008 at 19:37
Anonymous said...: I do agree that these social problems are highly complex and blame cannot be laid solely on the fashion industry's doorstop but at the same time greater accountability is needed in all areas of the media in order to bring about any sort of change. No one factor can be singled out for blame but fashion does need to take on board greater responsibility for the part it does play in these issues. The impact the industry has on the aspirations of an increasingly fashion and celebrity conscious generation of young people cannot be denied or underestimated, as the saddening popularity of shopping and gossip magazines constantly reminds us. Whilst it is counter-productive to lazily shovel all the blame onto the fashion industry, it cannot be completely excused at the same time. These problems are symptomatic of wider cultural phenomenon, but these can only be combatted if each of the industries involved take on greater responsibility as to the values they promote. This doesn't necessarily have to impinge on the creativity of the designers, but awareness of the issues implicit in their work is surely not too much to ask.
kate; 4 January 2008 at 09:33
DoneGal said...: Excellent points guys... my response is in today post 'Busy little worker ants...'

Keep it coming!

x; 4 January 2008 at 11:36

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