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too though that fashion can change to enforce uniformity, as in the case where so-called
Mao suits became the national uniform of Mainland China.
Materially affluent societies can offer a variety of different fashions, in clothes or
accessories, to choose from. At the same time there remains an equal or larger range
designated (at least currently) 'out of fashion'. (These or similar fashions may cyclically
come back 'into fashion' in due course, and remain 'in fashion' again for a while.)
Practically every aspect of appearance that can be changed has been changed at some
time. In the past, new discoveries and lesser-known parts of the world could provide an
impetus to change fashions based on the exotic: Europe in the eighteenth or nineteenth
centuries, for example, might favour things Turkish at one time, things Chinese at another,
and things Japanese at a third. The global village has reduced the options of exotic novelty
in more recent times.
Fashion houses and their associated fashion designers, as well as high-status
consumers (including celebrities), appear to have some role in determining the rates and
directions of fashion change. Fashion can also suggest or signal status in a social group.
Groups with high cultural status like to keep 'in fashion' to display their position; people
who do not keep 'in fashion' within a so-called "style tribe" can risk shunning. Because
keeping 'in fashion' often requires considerable amounts of money, fashion can be used to
show off wealth. Adherence to fashion trends can thus form an index of social affluence and
an indicator of social mobility.
Fashion can help attract a partner. As well as showing certain features of a person's
personality that appeal to prospective mates, keeping up with fashion can advertise a
person's status to such candidates.
"Fas hion sens e" cons ists of the ability to tell what clothing and/or accessories look
good and what doesn't. Since the entire notion of fashion depends on subjectivity, so does
the question of who possesses "fashion sense". Some people style themselves as "fashion
consultants" and charge clients to help the latter choose what to wear. Designers show the
public what is new and in style by using people who do Fashion Modeling to display the
clothing. Image consultants help people revamp or create fashion sense.

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