| In this homogenized world that we live | | | | there has not been a unique style or |
| in where the powers that be would have | | | | fashion for the past 10 - 15 years. Many |
| us as anything but individuals we are in | | | | of these problems have been caused by |
| the very real position of losing our | | | | the total blandness of main stream music |
| identity. Walk down any street in any | | | | over the same period of time, anyone who |
| town anywhere in the civilized world and | | | | grew up during any of the previously |
| you will see people listening to the | | | | mentioned ages will understand what I |
| same music on the same music players as | | | | mean when I say that music certainly |
| everyone else, whilst they wear the same | | | | does not grab the imagination of people |
| jeans and t-shirts as every other person | | | | as it used to. Rap music has created a |
| walking on the street. We are all unique | | | | sound but the fashion that goes with it |
| individuals but there is nothing unique | | | | is nothing more than shopping mall style |
| about the way we are developing as a | | | | that is open to all and so diluted that |
| breed. | | | | it could never be called unique. So |
| Fashion has always been a true | | | | what is to be done about it? There is |
| expression of a person's character and | | | | always something that we can do but it |
| people have been able to make a | | | | means that we have to be part of the |
| statement about their lives by the way | | | | solution and not add to the problem? |
| that they dress since time began. We are | | | | There are so many small independent |
| in real danger of losing this wonderful | | | | fashion designs in towns all over the |
| luxury if we do not break away from | | | | country who sell clothing that would fit |
| buying the same clothes as the mass | | | | perfectly into any ones wardrobe without |
| media lead us to purchase. But how can | | | | making you stand out like a sore thumb, |
| we do this? | | | | these designers are crying out for |
| Popular fashion has never been such a | | | | people to buy their designs and wear |
| closed shop as it is now. Back in the | | | | them in public, a fashion designer is |
| 1950's when rock and roll first hit the | | | | nothing if they do not sell what they |
| world you could see a mile off those | | | | have designed and get it seen by the |
| people who had subscribed to it as a | | | | wider world. It is about time that we |
| life style, the same goes for the mod's | | | | grabbed the fashion world by the scruff |
| and rocker's scene that was very big in | | | | of the shirt and made it sit up and |
| Great Britain during the 1960's, then | | | | listen. Many of us who grew up in the |
| followed the glam rock and rock age of | | | | age of rock and roll and punk still have |
| the early to mid 1970's to be followed | | | | a slight fire burning deep inside of us |
| by the industry and culture changing | | | | to be different, well now might just be |
| punk age of the mid to late 1970's. All | | | | the time to get that fire burning |
| of these fashions were totally and | | | | brightly. Even if you contact a local |
| utterly individual in the statements | | | | college and enquire if they have any |
| that they made about people and the way | | | | fashion students studying there who may |
| the same people lived their life. | | | | have clothes to sell, you are doing your |
| Arguably the two biggest popular | | | | bit. Something as subtle as a totally |
| fashions ever to hit the world were rock | | | | unique printed t-shirt is a start. |
| and roll and the punk era, both of which | | | | Fashion and individuality needs to be |
| not only defined the age that they were | | | | broken out of its mould that it has been |
| formed but subsequent ages to come were | | | | put inside by the mass media and if it |
| also influenced by them. | | | | takes the combined fire of the punk and |
| Today we have nothing at all that could | | | | rock and roll generations to do it then |
| be called a popular fashion; and this is | | | | that is the way it will have to be. |
| not just a recent phenomenon in reality | | | | |