The Difference Between “Fashion” and “Style” Explained!
There are so many times that Fashion has been confused for style and style for fashion. It is like a never ending vicious cycle. let me try to make it clearer for those of us who still have their head far up their small intestines as far as fashion and style are concerned. Style and fashion are two different entities, It is possible to be Stylish, yet not Fashionable, Or Fashionable without being stylish. ok?
Style
I was reading some style magazine several days ago, I was trying to unravel the enigma that people love to refer to as “stylish” Style is defined by three parameters.
1.What do you want to portray to the world with your dressing? What message does it give about you- This is basically you and the image that you have conjured in your mind about what you want people to perceive you as .
2. How do you see yourself? Are you comfortable with what you have worn? Have you dressed according to your body shape?
3. How the world sees you as regards to the other aforementioned “Yous’ You can’t look like a drag queen yet expect people to call you stylish
Fashion
Fashion is popular trend to which everyone takes affinity for, the trends are in most cases not stylish but are acceptable to the world as trendy and “cool”
Fashion is simple, you just blend in with the dressing trends which change with the changes in seasons, then clothes may not necessarily look good but are widely accepted as cool the world over.
Here are some of the distinctions between Fashion and Style
1.”…Fashion involves the clothes themselves, while style is how you use the clothes…” Samantha Wolov
2. Fashion is what is created for you, Style is how you incorporate it into your life
3.Fashion is someone’s creation while style is your own creation
4.Fashion passes, Style remains -Coco Chanel
5.Fashion is following trends, Style is making your own trends.
6.Fashion is about trends while style is about uniqueness
7.Fashion is fleeting… style is eternal .. Yves Saint Laurent.
