Fashion & Culture- How Does Culture Influence Fashion?
Fashion and culture go hand in hand; every country’s fashion is influenced by its culture and cultural practices of the people residing in that nation. Be it India, Japan, China, or Korea, Asian countries being indigenous have a unique fashion style. Further, we will explore how culture influences fashion in these Asian countries and the distinctive style or concepts they bring to the globe. 1- India: A country with diversity, the Indian designers who set the fashion trends in India encompasses various native crafts and techniques in their collections. The styles range from Indo western to traditional wear. The Indian designers fuse western silhouettes and concepts to Indian wear to present a rather innovative fashion. Example Indian Designer Monisha Jaisingh reinvented the native KURTA of India to KURTI by reducing its length and ornamented it with the age-old embroidery craft of India. This globally became popular as ‘Indian Embroidered Tunic’. - Indian Designers Shivan and