Fashion is a means of self-expression and a way for individuals to identify with others through their dress, manners, and lifestyle choices. Fashions have contributed to social and cultural progress throughout history. While urban individuals and younger people tend to be more fashion-conscious, keeping up with constantly changing trends can be an expensive pursuit that is difficult for middle-class individuals to maintain. Fashion should be guided by one's values and culture rather than becoming an obsession.

1. Fashion (Want OR Need)
“LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WEAR BORING CLOTHES”.
To vogue or popular life style is called the fashion. No doubt it is an age of fashions. Style plays
an increasingly key role in an individual’s life because it is considered as a means of self-
expression. Fashion can be done in dress, manners, speech, customs, traditions, etiquettes and ways
of life. The fascination of fashion is very strong in our society and everyone is attracted by the
spell of fashion. The garments and accessories that man or women wear, help them to identify with
a group of others-whether it is a lifestyle, profession, a religion, or an attitude. Fashions have been
a major cause of the progress of civilization. In fact, fashions and prosperity have close relations.
Where there are progress and prosperity there are fashions. What people see in their favorite actors
and actress they copy their hairstyle, dress, ornaments and mannerism. Urban individuals are more
fashion conscious than its rural counterpart. When people meet with one another, their contact with
one another brings into vogue fashions and styles. Young men, women, boys and girls attending
offices, educational institutions, etc. imitate fashions easily. They love the latest arts and designs
and run after them. The advertising media, magazines, T.V, films, serials, and ramp shows other
mass media have been the biggest carriers of fashion and contributes a lot in the promotion of
fashion. There is no harm in following the trends of changing fashion. But the pursuit of fashion
is a costly affair. It is difficult for middle class to follow the fashion. Only the wealthy people can
afford to keep pace with the changing fashions which change overnight. When fashion becomes
obsession, it becomes a cause of concern. Fashion should always be channeled by our values and
cultures.
“FASHIONS FADE, STYLE IS ETERNAL”