The Statement of Teen Fashion
McKayla Milam
McKayla Milam
Basic, overrated, or ridiculously expensive happen to be how a lot of people view the wardrobe of many teenagers. As trivial as it may seem, teen fashion is very powerful in positive and negative ways. It is commonly known that how you dress represents the individual you are by what kind of statements are being made through your clothes. Whether your attire appears loose and practically hanging off your body or tight and short, leaving little to the imagination, you are sending some kind of message as to how you want to be thought of as a person. Therefore, teen fashion can be considered vital in some cases but when it comes to name brands it may cause teenagers to be shallow, pressured or misthinking their priorities. Articles say that teens are highly influential, fashion having good and bad effects on them. Apparently, fashion is capable of changing how teens act, dress, think; it can change their lives. Some teens that want attention, realize they can do it through clothes. While some teenagers may care and agree with these studies, others probably will not.
Asked if fashion defines teens’ characters, Hillgrove junior, Darcy Phillips stated, “Definitely, yeah. It could just be the people they hang around or what they are more exposed to.” The response from Hillgrove freshman, Sebastian Esteves, was, “No and yes because you can act one way but you can act lowkey and very personal but you could wear name brands that are like well known, so not really.” Hillgrove senior, Malcolm Phillips simply said, “No.” to fashion defining teens’ characters.
“I guess just try not not to care we look so much.”, was Darcy’s response as a solution or change within the teenage community. Sebastian said to, “Just be yourself and don’t let other people judge you based on what you wear.” Malcolm suggested that we, “Just kinda like speak out against it when we see it happening and stuff. Don’t turn a blind eye to it.”
Although there are some teens that are naturally confident in who they are despite what they wear, there are still many who need to learn how to be more confident . Everyone is guilty of judging someone, some way, somehow, based on their attire, but teenagers are notorious for doing it to the extreme. By bringing awareness to a major issue within the teenage community, hopefully teens can learn to focus on more important things in life like grades, instead of worrying about trivial things, like the shoes on someone’s feet.
Asked if fashion defines teens’ characters, Hillgrove junior, Darcy Phillips stated, “Definitely, yeah. It could just be the people they hang around or what they are more exposed to.” The response from Hillgrove freshman, Sebastian Esteves, was, “No and yes because you can act one way but you can act lowkey and very personal but you could wear name brands that are like well known, so not really.” Hillgrove senior, Malcolm Phillips simply said, “No.” to fashion defining teens’ characters.
“I guess just try not not to care we look so much.”, was Darcy’s response as a solution or change within the teenage community. Sebastian said to, “Just be yourself and don’t let other people judge you based on what you wear.” Malcolm suggested that we, “Just kinda like speak out against it when we see it happening and stuff. Don’t turn a blind eye to it.”
Although there are some teens that are naturally confident in who they are despite what they wear, there are still many who need to learn how to be more confident . Everyone is guilty of judging someone, some way, somehow, based on their attire, but teenagers are notorious for doing it to the extreme. By bringing awareness to a major issue within the teenage community, hopefully teens can learn to focus on more important things in life like grades, instead of worrying about trivial things, like the shoes on someone’s feet.