Origins of fashion

In it's origins, the word fashion means to cut or trim. Overtime, the word was associated with design, creating, and innovating clothing. Detaching from the mere need of comfort dressing in the body, fashion now it means the urgent desire to update oneself in the latest trends in clothing and lifestyle.

Historians believe that the first emergence of fashion was in the late fourteenth century. Tailors and designers then were making a lot of new styles of clothing to fir the body's contour in accordance to the newly created designs. The close association of traders in the middle east and some merchants in east and western Europe enabled the tailors of the fortress to gain more knowledge in cutting and tailoring styles.

During the 15th century, trends were said to be slow in pacing. But two centuries later, it accelerated and more sophisticated manufacturing techniques were used to produce the most valuable commodity of clothing. During that time, to look messy and outdated in clothing will give you an impression of being in heavy debt.

Costume books were then made archiving the trends and new innovations in clothing designs. The designs were coming from a variety cultural backgrounds from Spanish, Hungarian, German, Dutch, French and English to name a few. For centuries, tailors and designers were able to acquire more and more complex skills from different sources. And in the 1950's Charles Worth made it a multi-billion pound industry using human models for showcasing his ideas. His designs gained the special attention of the rich people making him one of the richest fashion designer/craftsman in the 19th century.

As we move further with the 21st century, and as things get more and more personalized, people are not totally depending on experts and professionals anymore with regards to how they want to look. The wonders of the internet supplied people with lots of practical information and easy to do personalized fashion such as making your own men's ties, printing shirts, and designing your own clothes in general. What the future holds for the fashion industry is yet to be witnessed.