Some Thoughts on Street Fashion

Am I the only person who thinks it is absolutely ridiculous that people will spend thousands of dollars on certain fashions- especially Bohemia? Most of the fashions in style nowadays started off as a way to ridicule mainstream fashion and pave the way for those who couldn't afford. In fact, most of these fashions derived from squatters. So why in the hell should I be expected to spend $500.00 on a pair of jeans that look like they were dug out of a New Jersey dumpster in summer?

Fashion is not a statement of wealth but a statement of uniqueness and individuality

Instead of saving up all that money in your wallet for a single purse, why not book it to your neighborhood thrift stores and low maintenance shops run by local peers and purchase a variety of clothing rather than one purse or article of clothing that is probably:

• A. Made out of unreliable materials
• B. Made by starving children in sweatshops
• and C. Is not worth it's price

Another big issue I have with fashion deals with ethnicity. Why is it that my boyfriend can never get away with wearing an Afro-Bohemia style? It is because he is white and he would be psychologically torn apart by those few unenlightened black people who don't realize that so long as they continue to believe in those boundaries, we will always have race issues regarding image and language (i.e. "Stop talking like a black girl, you dumb cracker."... lol, "cracker"). Also, yes, I do appreciate Japanese street fashion. No, I am not a "Weeaboo." I do not favor Japanese culture over my own but I do admire their creativity and vibrancy. It's actually quite a shame that we have such issues with standing out in a crowd here in the U.S.- even more so in my little country state of Oklahoma. In addition to that, who said that "Japanese Street Fashion" is strictly for the Japanese? Have you not seen fashion magazines lately? It's no different than fashion here in the States. As a matter of fact, most of Japanese street fashion is just glorified "American" fashion. 

It is a constant ebb and flow of ideas and artistic commentary that is not limited by what country it was first realized.