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Question about the fashion aspect

posted 11 years ago by fiszyi
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So, I'm a male viewer of the show. I mostly watch it for the comedy, satire and social commentary, everything else is meh. I'm as unfashionable as it gets, I mostly just buy whatever fits and every day I throw on whatever is within easy reach, and most days I don't even wear matching socks unless it just happens coincidentally. So believe me when I say I have zero understanding of what is supposed to be fashionable or not.

The show obviously features a lot of fashion elements, like what works, what doesn't work, what goes with what, accessories, etc. What I'm wondering is; Does any of it actually make sense from a "fashion" point of view, or is it just made up? I guess a comparison I would make is with Star Trek and all the made-up science that it comes out with in every episode. I'm wondering if the fashion stuff in Ugly Betty is as random and made-up as science in sci-fiction, or is it actually "real" ?

[–] smeth 11 years ago

I'm a male viewer too, and I don't really follow fashion much myself. What I've gotten out of the show is this. Fashion is what people try to sell you. It may look nice, it may look awful. But it's other people telling you what to do for their own gain. Style is what you choose for yourself. It may be expensive, it may by from a thrift store, but it's you deciding, not following some rules. Some people put a lot of thought into it. Betty, in the first couple seasons, would pick out whatever is in easy reach. In later seasons, Betty started to put some thought into it. Betty always had her own style. At first it was a little painful to watch, but Betty learned to enjoy picking out clothes because she liked them.