Source: Google photo of woman in so-called fashionable clothes
Synopsis : The fashion especially Western fashion keeps changing from time to time that spreads worldwide so we see young and old people blindly following the trend whether it is good or bad. Mostly the bad fashion as shown in the blog below has an attraction among the young people who follow it just to show that they can wear anything they want. Thankfully decent attires still persist in many country where women are proud of their clothes because it makes them look glamorous and beautiful.
I have always wondered why many Western women wear revealing clothes to expose their breasts but now it seems that they are eager to show off their lower parts as well. The photo above shows a woman who has sliced off her pants and considers it as fashionable. Others wear jeans so tight that cuts into their crotch that others think quite fashionable.
I think the stripped jeans in the 1960s were the hallmark of the Hippies who were protesting the war in Vietnam and elsewhere to they ripped off their shirts and pants to show their solidarity with the poor and downtrodden. Later this mode of clothing took off as a fashion statement in many countries, so the clothing industry took notice and jumped in to make money. Now they offer jeans of all sizes and colors that are ripped to make you look poor. Others offer razor blades to rip them as you like.
Recently a woman was showing off her transparent blouse that she was no doubt promoting for a clothing company and suggesting to viewers that her blouse becomes more transparent when wet and showed how to make her look naked.
Source: Google photo of woman in near transparent clothes
Source: Google photo of so-called fashion above.
This blog is about female fashion that varies from country to country and from one culture to another that basically defines their personal choice and their identity. What is considered improper clothes in one culture may be quite acceptable in another so there are no standard guidelines to follow that are uniform in nature all over the world.
If you take the Africa as a whole, you will find women in numerous and colorful dresses to adorn themselves while in some tribes, they go bare breasted but always cover their private parts with mocha which can be a piece of fabric or leather or even made of grass or natural fibers. Their private parts remain private at least publicly. I have seen this in Haiti where women are seen bathing naked in public but do not remove their panties. They still remember their ancestors' African roots.
In other tribes who live in complete isolation in the Amazon forests, in New Guinee forests or in Nicobar or many Pacific islands, women prefer to go completely nude or wear a grass skirt to cover their private parts like in some African tribes. But they do wear colorful jewelries made from seeds or cauri shells and they do adorn their face with colorful paint prepared from what nature provides them in their surroundings. In their own way they consider themselves quite fashionable. In their community, nudity is never an issue because it is a function of the weather that at times may be hot and oppressive.
They are quite comfortable in their nudity because of hot and oppressive climate. Clothes or no clothes are usually a function of climate where people live. So, we see that in cold countries, people wear lot of thick clothing to protect themselves from the harsh climate while in Tropical climates with high humidity and warm weather, people prefer to remain nude or seminude while always covering their private parts to protect them.
Source: Google photo of Eskimo women in colorful and fashionable clothes that protect them from the cold and harsh weather.
Source: Google photo of tribal African woman in colorful and very fashionable bead necklaces but remains bare breasted.
Now let us take a look at what is considered fashionable in some countries of Asia like India where women wear very colorful and exquisitely woven fabric called Saree that they wrap around their body.
Source: Google photo of an Indian woman in a very colorful saree that completely covers her body in a very graceful manner.
Indian saree is a traditional dress that comes in numerous colors and designs or prints that women wear every day or on special occasions like marriage or on social events. They can be cheap or very expensive depending upon the material, embroidery or print but they are always 6 yards in length that covers the body in many stylish ways. It looks so graceful on women that many women in Europe and north America have started to wear it.
Some women in some African countries also wear saree but a shorter version of plain color or rainbow colors. In general, the African women like to wear very colorful gowns or blouse and a wrap around their legs. In some villages, they may be bare breasted but always cover their legs. I have lived in many countries in Africa but have never seen them wear ripped jeans or ripped shorts like the photos above.
In North African countries like Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, women wear very modest plain colored clothes and cover their head due to their Islamic faith. In Algeria, women wear a shiny white or cream colored Shawl to cover their head and the upper body. Only the Berber women who live in various countries of North Africa wear colorful skirts and blouse and some even wear miniskirts but do not wear veil. I have made some PowerPoints on the African jewelries so I will not repeat myself here. You can look up those PowerPoints here.
Source : Google photo of a woman in hijab
In Islam, they have strict dress codes for women who must cover their entire body with a hijab or a tent like black gown leaving only two peepholes for the eyes in some countries while in other Islamic countries like Iran and Türkiye, women wear long colorful gowns but always cover their head with a scarf. One young woman in Iran was killed by the moral police for not covering her head that led to massive demonstrations on the streets against such draconian rules.
In many European countries, you will see women who tend to wear revealing clothes and go about nude in public places like beaches or sauna in the name of fashion. In their culture such displays are tolerated so some women wear very revealing clothes.
Now I will bring your attention to the consequence of women wearing revealing clothes or ripped jeans or shorts in public in countries where it goes against their culture so you will find people reacting in a very negative way and may make abusive comments. A Peace Corps female volunteer who wore tight shorts in India was pinched by people on her massive butt to show their disapproval. They object to such fashion of foreigners who contradict the Indian culture so openly. I wrote a blog called A pernicious influence that you may like to read in this context.
It should not surprise anyone that women in traditional cultures are subject to many dress codes for them to abide in public. Those who do not like to abide by the dress codes in public are reprimanded by their parents and relatives so you will find most Indian women wear saree or salwar kurta with a long scarf to cover their chest. In Rajasthan and other states, women wear very colorful long skirts and a blouse while in other states, the dress may be different but never revealing. Tribal women love to adorn themselves with intricate silver jewelries.
The female fashion is a matter of taste. Those who have good taste in fashion, they wear clothes that make them look good and fashionable. The women in France take great pride in wearing fashionable clothes and shoes in big cities but the rural women also like to dress up on occasions during festivals and other important events like marriage.
Those who look slovenly on purpose do so to make a statement. They say that no one should tell them what to wear so some dare to appear in public in only body paint while people avert their eyes. Their intentional nudity is meant to make a statement that they can do whatever takes their fancy even if it is shocking to some people.
In most countries, the females dress according to their culture, their traditions and their social norms dictated by their faith while in other countries, females may act independently because they are not under control of their parents or anyone.
I have made some wonderful power points on fashion, jewelries, art and handicraft that you may like to see here and share with your friends. Just click on the links below.
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These power points will open up the world of what is beautiful and show you in dazzling photos their content.
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