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How Fashion Changes Us | Linyi Li | TEDxYouth@SRDS


as long as we live in a society that
values appearances fashion will matter
to everyone yes I’m here to talk about
wearing clothes but don’t get me wrong
I’m not here to only talk about the
fascinating world of Fashion Week’s or
petite stores I’m here to talk about how
clothing plays a role in our daily life
we’re no longer the generation that
learns from reading a lot of books but
new generation that is used to a visual
world
we’re enclosed in certain ways gifts
either tell us either theirs who you are
before you shake their hand and say a
word to them people dressed up for the
job they want we dress up every morning
for how we want to feel and how we want
to represent ourselves and at some point
what you wear can directly affect your
future so a couple of weeks ago I was
sending from a closet and had a huge
decision to make what am I going to wear
for this TED talk the black jeans that
meet our schools rule the supreme shirt
that has a really cool slogan it nah
after hours of struggling now you say
this why did I choose this outfit well
first of all today is not an ordinary
school day for me second I wanted to
look appropriate and cool for a TED talk
see situations lead me to make decisions
about my very own clothing which gives
me confidence in our daily life we think
we can wear whatever we want ignoring
outside influence well yeah
once fashion is centered on their own
life it represents his or her culture
the way he or she lives and even the
environment he or she is most
comfortable in as far back as the 1700s
upper-class French woman’s spent hours
looking at fashion on posters and
advertisements ladies would show off
their extravagant lifestyle through
embroidered gowns from Milan the need
for more clothing choices inspired the
and push mankind to enter to innovate
steam electricity and lights the gap was
wide between the in the past the gap was
white between those who had a lot of
nice clothes and those who didn’t today
more people can afford decent clothing
and have a much wider selection people
traveling around the world embrace
different styles as fashion varies from
place to place celebrities share their
fashion choices and even develop their
clothing line even as students put on
our favorite shirts or accessories in
the morning when we go shopping for new
season’s closet we’re influenced by the
artists we love athletes from our
country
politicians royalties books TV shows
movie stars
music as well as industries advertising
the latest news show that we teenagers
are following the trends created by
celebrities we try to mimic what they
were to become as cool as they are but
sometimes we forget the center of
popular culture don’t remain popular by
repeating the same things over and over
again instead they’re always searching
for novelty to maintain their popularity
so those trends we try to mimic change
like the wind it’s very difficult for us
to keep pace back in the last century
Princess Diana became a national model
and the worldwide fashion icon nowadays
the royal family of Britain is
refreshing British national trend every
time they’re in the public that’s what
princess cates dresses are always sold
out the second day she went under the
media spotlight for younger generation
across the globe Kanye West’s brand easy
and virtual a blows off an era are also
influencing those teens who look up to a
fancy and upscale lifestyle so we’re not
only expressing who we are in our
clothes we’re also saying the ones we
want to become again take the Outback a
half entree as an example I wanted to
look professional but not too formal do
you
go into the back of the kitchen or run a
marathon in this apparently no the same
reason applies in many other cases like
people people never wear t-shirt to job
to job interviews and we wouldn’t go to
schools with a bathing suit on the
effect of dressing up in our life gives
us the benefit of becoming who we want
to become and getting to something new
through fashion we create a new face for
our culture we develop a new sense of
living our life we build new generations
of people however you all have your own
look whatever you feel comfortable in
it’s perfect so go for it to be yourself
you’re cool just so where you are you
are representing yourself through your
own styling as well as pushing the human
progress into the next era through a fashion thank you
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