Scroll through your feed, and you’ll see it: a “get ready with me,” a perfect closet, a rotation of trending brands and everyone, apparently, into fashion. We live in a moment when fashion is everywhere but rarely understood.
Dressing well has become the new baseline, a social skill, almost. But fashion, Real fashion? That’s the question no one asks enough: does dressing well mean you’re into fashion?
The answer, simply, is no.
Dressing well is surface. Fashion is system.
Dressing well is a visual art. It’s knowing which silhouettes flatter, which colours soften, which textures feel right. It’s intuition, elegance, and self-awareness.
But being into fashion is another world entirely, one defined by curiosity, questions, and context. It’s about asking the whys: why this garment exists, why this fabric was chosen, why this shape mattered in its moment.
Fashion is never just aesthetic; it is history, politics, and power stitched together.
The influencer era has democratized taste, but it has flattened it too. Algorithms teach us how to dress well, yet fewer people understand why. The “fashion girl” of today can name every trending brand on TikTok but not the designers behind them. Style is everywhere; analysis is rare.
The influencer era has democratized taste, but it has flattened it, too. Algorithms teach us how to dress well, yet fewer people understand why.
The “fashion girl” of today can name every trending brand on TikTok but not the designers behind them. Style is everywhere; analysis is rare.
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