OPTION 2: THE PLAIN WHITE TSHIRT
Clothing is one of the most important parts of everyday life, it is engrained into our routines. The object I will be discussing in this essay is the plain white t-shirt. The plain white t-shirt is a staple item of clothing in millions of wardrobes. Due to the dispensability of current fashion, the plain white t-shirt is created in the masses and is sold at almost every clothing vendor. Modern fashion encourages expendability through globalization; By producing clothing in such dense numbers at a considerably fast pace, this encourages people to purchase more, thus contributing to the cycle. Innately linked with the disposable nature of fashion is Erving Goffman’s presentation of self, we are infatuated with …show more content…
It’s availability in abundance emphasizes how we as a western society value quantity over quality, we view clothing as disposable because we can always go to the same place and purchase it again. We in the west, harbor a perception on clothing that deems it as not only a necessity but as an outlet for self-expression. Goffman’s presentation of self theory exemplifies the importance of clothing in how we present ourselves to the general public. We adorn ourselves in these items of clothing in our everyday life to present how we perceive ourselves. Clothing holds such an importance in our everyday life because society presses an importance on self-presentation. The globalized nature of clothing allows clothing to not only be a necessity but a pass-time with its availability in abundance. The plain white t-shirt supports my theory of globalization in conjunction with one’s presentation of self because it is an endless cycle which is funded but the ignorance and self-absorption which is extremely predominant in the western world today. We as a society continue to ignore the terrible conditions people in developing countries work under so we can adorn our bodies in affordable and easily accessible items of
Clothing is one of the most important parts of everyday life, it is engrained into our routines. The object I will be discussing in this essay is the plain white t-shirt. The plain white t-shirt is a staple item of clothing in millions of wardrobes. Due to the dispensability of current fashion, the plain white t-shirt is created in the masses and is sold at almost every clothing vendor. Modern fashion encourages expendability through globalization; By producing clothing in such dense numbers at a considerably fast pace, this encourages people to purchase more, thus contributing to the cycle. Innately linked with the disposable nature of fashion is Erving Goffman’s presentation of self, we are infatuated with …show more content…
It’s availability in abundance emphasizes how we as a western society value quantity over quality, we view clothing as disposable because we can always go to the same place and purchase it again. We in the west, harbor a perception on clothing that deems it as not only a necessity but as an outlet for self-expression. Goffman’s presentation of self theory exemplifies the importance of clothing in how we present ourselves to the general public. We adorn ourselves in these items of clothing in our everyday life to present how we perceive ourselves. Clothing holds such an importance in our everyday life because society presses an importance on self-presentation. The globalized nature of clothing allows clothing to not only be a necessity but a pass-time with its availability in abundance. The plain white t-shirt supports my theory of globalization in conjunction with one’s presentation of self because it is an endless cycle which is funded but the ignorance and self-absorption which is extremely predominant in the western world today. We as a society continue to ignore the terrible conditions people in developing countries work under so we can adorn our bodies in affordable and easily accessible items of