Monday, October 01, 2018

Is fashion based on confidence or just looks!? The emergence of “Ugly Fashion” says it all... by Faiaz Iqbal



Is fashion based on confidence or just looks!? The emergence of “Ugly Fashion” says it all...

The popularity of “Ugly” clothing proves that sitting in one’s skin and gear at ease is the best look.

The easy gender neutral trend which feigns indifference to attractiveness can be termed as Ugly Fashion. But beauty is hardly a constant notion. What was once called odd is now considered all in vogue. Chunky sneakers or odd slippers and sandals, fanny packs, big ripped jeans are a win-win thing now in the fashion scene. Insiders of the industry who are still attached to classics consider such comfortable clothing atrocious. The trend of ugly fashion is a signal that freedom, comfort, confidence and good sense are hot. Surely there are still those who love the power of high heel and undoubtedly notions of femininity are still most often dictated by men.

Beauty does lie in the eye of the beholder. But ugly fashion is not what general people consider that is ‘right now’. The controversy between beauty, fashion and ugly has always prevailed and we live in a culture where everyone is playing a role here. Though there are differences between ugly fashion and ugly clothing. Ugly fashion represents a certain flow of trend that might not be stunning or most flattering in the moment. Ugly clothing on the other hand is simply badly designed garments.

The emergence of ugly fashion can be traced back with the rise of normcore, an anti-fashion attitude that ironically became fashionable four years ago, which sparked extra-ordinarily average mom and dad jean and white sneaker wearing uniform. This even coupled with the rise of Instagram and fashion bloggers and took off real quick. This became extremely mainstream day by day and people picked it up real fast. But the point is how body inclusive is ugly fashion? There is a belief that women with bigger size have to follow the rules and wear clothes that are flattering. This has to be absurd. Plus size is not in a way towards great ugly fashion pieces, it can be achieved with vintage and thrifted fashion. You can wear oversized articles, mom jeans all the time, all of which would be considered ugly by most people who dictates plus sized clothing. It’s ugly as it is perceived as one.

Needless to say, ugly fashion is a root of the undercurrent 90’s influence. It is the outcome fashion’s cyclical nature. The young generation brings up a trend that they love and eventually the millennials will pick them up as they are obsessed with being cool. In this case, young guns are reaching back to the past to the ‘90s. The ‘90s came to an end eventually, so will ugly fashion. Once ugly fashion becomes too basic, it will flip inevitably. With regards to trend turnover rate now-a-days, it might happen sooner than expected.

Whenever there is something new, people hate it. But eventually a lot love it. With the advancement of social media this cycle goes much faster. Personally, a unique expression is always preferred as without ugly fashion and diversity everyone would have looked the same. Anything that is out of the norm should be appreciated even the rest goes like what the hell.
It is a matter of time now to see how much longer the fashion world endorse the ugly fashion. This trend mostly defines independence in dressing and look where they do not have to feel shaky with what they put on. No matter how they look, it is all about how they feel.

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