Blog Post #2

For my Inquiry Blog posts, I choose the question “How has fashion changed and developed throughout history and how does that impact us?” This inquiry question intrigued me, however it does not have a straight answer. In order to answer this question, I will be asking and answering a few sub-questions to help me. 

1.  What are all MAIN the fashion trends from the past century (for both men and women)?

By seeing the latest and oldest fashion trends, I will be able to understand what may have influenced these trends to change and happen. This will help me understand what has changed and why this change has occurred. This also correlates to my main question of how fashion has changed and developed, since I will be able to see what that change is. 

2. What makes clothing popular or fashionable? 

To understand how fashion has developed through history, it is important for me to know why this happens. This question is important as it will help me know who or what decides that something is fashionable. Additionally, I will understand who decides or influences these changes and what sparked trends to start. For example, during the early 1960’s women often wore skirts or elegant dresses covered in unique patterns and designs. However, in the 70’s it was more common for women to wear casual, street style clothes. I would like to understand why this change happened so quickly and what made these things fashionable in 60’s and not in the 70’s. What influences this change and who influences this change? This will help answer my main question of how fashion has changed and developed. 

3. How has fashion changed since the introduction of social media? Has it been a negative or positive impact? 

Social media has impacted fashion substantially over the past few years. By researching this question, I will be able to understand whether it has positively or negatively impacted people and the world around us. This will also help me know what recent fashion trends have been and what influenced those trends to start. Since social media has had a huge impact on the world, learning more about its impact in the fashion industry will also help me understand how fast fashion impacts the world around us. 

Here are a few resources I used to help me with my research: 

https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-do-fashions-change-over-time#:~:text=Why%20do%20fashions%20change%3F,%2C%20social%20media%2C%20and%20royalty.

https://vocal.media/styled/how-fashion-has-changed-over-the-years

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/learning/how-fast-fashion-became-faster-and-worse-for-the-earth.html

https://fashinnovation.nyc/how-social-media-influences-fashion-trends/

https://medium.com/the-daily-writing-habit/why-fashion-trends-becomes-so-popular-and-their-impact-on-society-dc688ad54f45

This question does relate to a large sum of people in my community. My question is a knowledge based inquiry question which will hopefully help us understand the impact fashion has on the world and possibly make others feel intrigued by this topic as well. Since I am trying to understand how fashion has changed and how that impacts almost everyone, it directly connects to people all around the world. In order to understand how fashion impacts people in the world, I will have to understand why it does. This topic can help benefit others by helping them understand the impact fast fashion and fashion developments have on our communities as a whole.