Generic Individuality in Fashion

As much as we like to think it is not true: we are what we wear. Often even who we wear. Even if we randomly pick out what to wear in the morning – it didn’t get into the dresser by the same randomness, but rather by our careful selection at some point in the past. No longer is fur or sheep wool a necessity, a mere essential for peasants to keep from freezing to death. These traditional materials have been elevated to serve the high-end market customer. And that’s not the only startling paradox that sketches the nature of fashion.