Japanese Fashion : How it begin ?

Japan began to emulate Western fashion during the middle of the 19th century.
By the beginning of the 21st century it had altered into what is known today as 'Street Fashion'.
'Street Fashion' is used to describe fashion where the wearer personally customizes the outfits by adopting a mixture of current and traditional trends. Such clothes are generally home-made with the use of material bought from the stores

What is Fashion ?

Fashion is style and custom prevalent at a given time. Fashion also describes the popular clothing style. Many fashions are popular in many cultures at any given time.

Fashion in clothes has allowed wearers to express emotion or solidarity with other people for millennia. Modern Westerners have a wide choice available in the selection of their clothes.

What a person chooses to wear can reflect their personality or likes. When people who have cultural status start to wear new or different clothes a fashion trend may start; people who like or re spect them may start to wear clothes of a similar sytle.

Fashions may vary significantly within a society according to:

• age
• social class
• geography as well as over time.