fashion elitism
The fashion elite: Who are they and how do they get into that mind set?
Granted, I come from the largest and possibly most pretentious scene that there is: The Goth Scene, this is not a bash or a dig, it’s just the truth. When you go out to a goth event or are interested in the “scene”, it is a very visual scene. The goth scene consists of elaborate dress, hair, make-up, and spending time, money, and effect to look that way. And yes, some people “get it” and some people don’t in the fashion department.
What I don’t understand is where some people get this idea of their elitism? (And I’m not just talking about the goth scene here.) Do they think it’s the labels on their clothing? The events they are involved in? The people that they know and the contacts that they have made? Or could it be that it’s just in their head, because most of the time no one likes them. Putting yourself so high on a pedestal has its consequences and I’m sure it can have its superficial rewards. I would think being so high on the “social and fashion totem pole” has to be very lonely. But patting yourself on the back and kissing yourself in the mirror has to be tiresome, no?
I think it’s an attitude.
Could insecurities play a factor in the elitist air about them? Possibly over compensating for something they really aren’t? Yet, some of the most beautiful, best-dressed, most put together people are so down to earth. These are the type of people who you would think to be the pretentious snobs, but they may just be a little shy.
Do you wear the clothes or are the clothes wearing you? That’s my question to the “fashion elite”. Who crowns this royalty or is it just a false sense of self?
Now, food for thought, because as George Michael said “…sometimes the clothes do not make the man.”
<3 Meagan Kyla
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