Don't Fall For Fashion "Deconstruction"

A relatively extreme trend in fashion is rightly called "deconstruction," with the purpose of making a visual "anti-statement" of defiance and rebellion. The clothes and the outfits are literally deconstructed-taken apart in some way or another that goes against established ways of dressing.

The trend toward deconstruction started out with purposely ripped and ragged jeans, unbuttoned blouses, and clothes worn inside out. Next came exposed seams and now we're seeing necklines, hemlines, collars, and cuffs without any finish or facing. We're seeing underwear promoted and worn as outerwear, and some don't bother with the shirt at all. Sold at regular prices, raw edges are ready to fray apart at the first wearing or wash-and that's exactly the intent.

Deconstructed clothes are purposely intended to visually communicate unwillingness to conform to looking "nice" as was once enjoyed. The looks are pridefully and immodestly, "in your face," for the purpose of getting attention, getting "your goat," or getting "the edge." (See summary chart "What Not To Wear")

If people give in to this lack of deconstructed quality at regular prices, why should clothing manufacturers bother to spend what it takes to finish a quality garment? They won't, and we'll all become fashion victims. Even retailers are playing into the deconstruction mentality, telling consumers and teaching salespeople to "Mix it up cause anything goes."

The fashion industry doesn't seem to get it, but they're shooting themselves in the foot! By teaching younger generations that "anything goes," it's the "new harmony," they learn they don't have to buy anything.nicer. They grow up happy with trash fashion-garbage. That leaves the fashion industry with nowhere to go but down and out.