Five Reasons Not To Listen To Popular Fashion Designers

There are certain groups of people whose opinions are highly sought after around the world, almost on a daily basis.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, politicians don’t rank highly on the list.

Whether it is a positive or a negative sign that more people would rather ask Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga what they think about global warming, for example, we’ll leave for you to decide. One group whose opinions count for much, for completely different reasons than with the two individuals we mentioned, is fashion designers.

Of course, those two will get some attention in that respect, too, but we digress.

While fashion is big business, there are many reasons you would be well served not to listen to some of the most popular designers around.

Just an Opinion

By far one of the biggest quirks about fashion is that a globally reaching industry can be a success based on the opinion of a few people. Ultimately, that is what a lot of mainstream fashion is, an opinion.

Therefore, if you are passionate about your own style and the way you look, why are you listening to someone who is happy to tell you that you’re unfashionable without ever having so much as looked at you? The debate around fashion often escalates to the point where it is easy to forget that it is just what someone thinks, and sometimes not worth getting involved with.

In it For Them

If you had your own designs of clothing, and were an influential voice in the industry, it is only natural that you would proclaim your designs as the best, the ones that are definitely ‘in,’ and those that people everywhere should be flocking to buy.

Still, it gives you another reason not to listen to designers, as they’re effectively just selling their designs to you. We wouldn’t go so far as to say they don’t care about how you look, as most probably do, but at the end of the day it is their bank balance that benefits.

It’s a Competition

Some designers know that people will buy their clothes no matter what, which is why some collections degenerate into a game of one-upmanship where designer A wants to have more press time than B, who in turn had the same objectives following the release of C’s collection.

Are you an independent style lover or a pawn in the game?

It’s Not a Competition

What are we talking about having just made the opposite point?

This time we’re looking at things on the consumer level. It doesn’t really make a difference what you wear – although the designers will tell you otherwise. Getting a job won’t depend on what the label says, and nor will your friends judge you on this basis.

Fashion is Personal

This is the point to all fashion, is it not? Fashion is something that is deeply personal, it depends on our personality, our body shape, and so much more other than what a designer puts on a model before they walk down a runway in front of the world’s media.

Be true to yourself and don’t listen to the world’s popular fashion designers, you’ll do a much better job for yourself.

Aisha Malik is a passionate fashion writer interested in niche markets, such as Islamic clothing, and how items such as abayas and kaftan dresses can be used within a great outfit.