RP271 In Style, or in Danger?
Here are three questions for you.
What percentage of your money do you spend on clothes?
Do you buy clothes because you like them, or because they' re in style?
Will you wear any brand of clothing, or only designer labels (real or fake)?
If you answered the first question with a high number, and the others with their latter options, you may be a fashion victim!
A fashion victim is someone who insists on wearing currently fashionable clothes even if they' re completely unsuitable for her or him. The late designer Oscar de la Renta claimed to have coined the phrase, and many other top designers have used it. They should know!
Most shoppers can look at a piece of clothing and make a sensible choice about whether or not it's for them. Fashion victims, however, are blind to the obvious and will buy anything they feel they "should" be wearing. They are especially concerned with following fads, which are very brief but popular trends. As a result, they must constantly update their wardrobes to stay in style— or at least stay trendy!
Expensive brand labels are another obsession of the true fashion victim. Wearing designer clothes suggests wealth, class, and superior taste, or so fashion victims believe. The fashion industry knows this, which is why so many clothes and accessories nowadays proudly display their makers' names as designs.
Do you look like a walking advertisement when you go out? Be honest, now!
Most people care about their appearance; that's only natural. And many people— especially young people— care about being fashionable. But when keeping up with the latest trends actually starts to damage one's appearance, it's time to rethink. The next time you' re shopping for clothes, don't worry about what your friends are wearing or which brand is "it" right now. Buy what you want to wear and what looks good on you. It may not make you trendy, but you'll still be wearing it next year.
A fashion victim alters her/ his look from season to season.
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