... century England, laws prohibited people from wearing clothes produces in France. And during twentieth century communist revolutions, uniforms were used to abolish class and race distinctions. "Clothes separate people into groups" (http://www.fashion-era.com). This statement means that clothes reveal what groups people are in. For example, in high school, groups have names like goths, skaters, preps, herbs, etc. Styles show who you are, however they also create stereotypes and distance between groups. And acceptance or rejection of the style is the reaction to the society we live in. "Clothes create a wordless means of communication that we all understand" (Hamnett, K 2003, http://www.fashionwindows.com). Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who wears it. The designers who create clothes and the people who wear them, are the first and last words in the language that is fashion. "In the perspective of costume history, it is plain that the dress of ...

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