Hey everyone,

Girl Overload here.

Fashion. The definitive Google definition for this word is “a popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.”

The Oxford definition for “fashionable” is “characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style” or “(of a person) dressing or behaving according to the current trend.”

The examples for these definitions are even worse. At least the definitions somewhat describe what being fashionable is all about.

One of the key, yet wrong examples is…

“They risked being scoffed at by their more fashionable friends“

Oxford Dictionary

And the point is, why?

Why do people dress fashionable just to gain attention from others or even just fit in?

Why can’t people wear what they want to wear without fear of judgement or trying to be “cool?”

Fashion to me is not trying to fit in, impress others, or follow trends that aren’t even particularly long lasting.

Fashion is expressing yourself, wearing what you genuinely want to without being scared of others opinions,

“Fashion is movement, design, architecture, all in one. It shows the world who we are and who we want to be” as a wise owl once said.

“Fashion is movement, design, architecture, all in one. It shows the world who we are and who we want to be”

Gossip Girl

And one night in bed, I thought of a theory that I called the Echo Effect. The Echo Effect can apply to many things, but mostly fashion and trends.

This effect means that in theory, when a person yells, the echo sound appears and gets louder, and the echo sound repeats.

This relates to the Echo Effect. The person originally yelling is the original trend. The echo appearing and getting louder is the popularity and adoration of the “echo,” or trend in this case. And the echo sound repeating are people slavishly following the trend.

However, why don’t we flip the Echo Effect on it’s heels, or in this case, mouth, and make out own trends. Yes, that’s right, wear what we, as individuals what to wear, and don’t follow anyone or anything else?

That way, when all or most people wear what they want, there will be no room to judge, will there?

And besides, what’s the worst that they can say?

Yes, exactly.

Because, to me, that’s what Fashion is.

Not slavishly following trends, but creating your own trends and unique style and being happy and comfortable in what you wear.

The Echo Effect. Wear what you want to wear. I’ll start it off.

Signing out,

Girl Overload.