关于时尚潮流的英语作文

Fashionandvariation时尚潮流与变化

TheEuropeanideaoffashionasapersonalstatementratherthanaculturalexpressionbeginsinthe16thcentury:tenportraitsofGermanorItaliangentlemenmayshowtenentirelydifferenthats.Butthelocalculturestillsetthebounds,asAlbrechtDürerrecordedinhisactualorcompositecontrastofNurembergandVenetianfashionsatthecloseofthe15thcentury(illustration,right).Fashionsamongupper-classEuropeansbegantomoveinsynchronicityinthe18thcentury;thoughcolorsandpatternsoftextileschangedfromyeartoyear,(Thornton),thecutofagentleman'scoatandthelengthofhiswaistcoat,orthepatterntowhichalady'sdresswascutchangedmoreslowly.Men'sfashionsderivedfrommilitarymodels,andchangesinaEuropeanmalesilhouettearegalvanizedintheatresofEuropeanwar,wheregentlemanofficershadopportunitiestomakenotesofforeignstyles:anexampleistheSteinkirkcravat(anecktie)(seeCravat).

Thepaceofchangepickedupinthe1780swiththepublicationofFrenchengravingsthatshowedthelatestParisstyles.By1800,allWesternEuropeansweredressingalike:localvariationbecamefirstasignofprovincialculture,andthenabadgeoftheconservativepeasant(JamesLaver;FernandBraudel).

Fashioninclotheshasallowedwearerstoexpressemotionorsolidaritywithotherpeopleformillennia.ModernWesternershaveawidechoiceavailableintheselectionoftheirclothes.Whatapersonchoosestowearcanreflectthatperson'spersonalityorlikes.Whenpeoplewhohaveculturalstatusstarttowearnewordifferentclothesafashiontrendmaystart.Peoplewholikeorrespectthemmaystarttowearclothesofasimilarstyle.

Fashionsmayvarysignificantlywithinasocietyaccordingtoage,socialclass,generation,occupationandgeographyaswellasovertime.If,forexample,anolderpersondressesaccordingtothefashionofyoungpeople,heorshemaylookridiculousintheeyesofbothyoungandolderpeople.Thetermfashionvictimreferstosomeonewhoslavishlyfollowsthecurrentfashions(implementationsoffashion).

Onecanregardthesystemofsportingvariousfashionsasafashionlanguageincorporatingvariousfashionstatementsusingagrammaroffashion.(ComparesomeoftheworkofRolandBarthes.)

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Thisisanexamplelistofsomeofthefadsandtrendsofthe21stcentury:Capripants,handbags,sportsuitsandsportsjackets,rippedjeans,designerjeans,blazerjackets,andhigh-heeledshoes.