ASA 141
Week 7
Because of the vintage exhibition topic, I start to relate our Be Green challenge with this unique fashion style. Vintage fashioner is to revalue the second-hand clothes just like the refashioned Kimono exhibition in the Asian Art Museum in San Fransico. Instead of worshipping the fast fashion trend blindly, they choose to buy something fit to their individual identity. The same idea is also reflected in this week reading "Kawamura Japanese Teens as Producers of Street Fashion." The author points out the appearance of Japanese street fashion was influenced by the change of mindset among teens, "the teens wanted to challenge and redefine the existing notion of what is fashionable and aesthetic . . . The teens are in search of their identity and a community where they feel that they are accepted" (Yuniya 787). Therefore, I believe, be green is to create a meaningful personal identity through textile. Then it's easy for us to avoid fast fashion because following the mainstream of fashion makes us lose ourselves. We should consciously care about every consumption. And before buying something, I want everyone to think of your own identity and ask yourself a question, are you willing to wear this clothing to express your self-identity?
I really love the description of shopping in a vintage shop in the article "An ethical decision: fast fashion vs. vintage fashion", " One way to fall back in love with your clothes is to put aside an hour, head over to your wardrobe and experiment with different outfit combinations. When you’re in a rush in the morning you don’t always have the time to look with fresh eyes; frantically clutching for familiar friends, those cherished items you’ve donned a hundred times over, after cautiously eyeing up that dress you love but can never quite figure out how to wear" (Linnard). So as you read, buying the thing you truly like is a careful and long-time process, which challenges the fast fashion in the short-time process. Because you seriously related the value inside the garments to your self-identity, you would cycle your clothing and have a sustainable living, the core of Be Green Challenge.
Works Cited
- Kawamura, Yuniya. “Japanese Teens as Producers of Street Fashion.” Current Sociology, vol. 54, no. 5, 2006, pp. 784–801., doi:10.1177/0011392106066816.
- Linnard, Rebecca. “An Ethical Decision: Fast Fashion vs. Vintage Fashion.” Fashion Revolution, www.fashionrevolution.org/uk-blog/an-ethical-decision-fast-fashion-vs-vintage-fashion/.
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