Before revising essay 1, my paper’s main idea was all over the place. I wanted to talk about beauty standards, the idea of beauty, and the lack/misrepresentation of beauty all in one paper! I think I was having such a hard time organizing my paper and developing one certain conversation/topic because I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to write about. Before starting to revise my essay 1, I really thought about what direction I wanted my paper to go in and told myself to only pick one route. I decided to go with the misrepresentation of beauty in the fashion industry because its something that really interest me as well as affects me.
I want to continue with this idea for my essay 3 but instead of the misrepresentation of beauty I want to write about the lack of diversity in the fashion industry. When I say lack of diversity I’m leaning more towards body size and race. I want to write about how the lack of diversity in fashion effects our society and culture. Ive been brainstorming different conversations/issues to implement into my paper this is what I have thought about so far:
- for body size I was thinking how the lack of diversity in the fashion industry affects how we see ourselves as well as how we see others with different bodies then our own. Does this cause a type of social boundary between thin people and heavier people? Bullying? Social expectations as to what you should wear if your thin/heavy?
- Race and cultural appropriation. Designers hire mostly white models even if designs are inspired by different race/culture. Why not hire different ethnic models (in which their race has inspired different trends/designs)? Why is it that when white models/celebrities where fashion trends/designs inspired by different cultures it is seen as stylish/beautiful? Ex: Kylie Jenner and cornrows. How does race in fashion affect the types of clothes people from different races wear (economic standard)? Is their racism in the fashion industry?
Theses are just my thoughts out loud. Having struggled with essay 1, I really want to have a clear direction and say something!