Post 8: Psychology of Fashion

   

Yes of course if there will be "Psychology of Cosplay", there should also be "Pscyhology of Fashion". Why? Simply because we want to let the readers be aware of the effects of small things in our lives that we don't get much of time to do research. We all want to know why people wear whatever they're wearing. There are some people who wear too short skirts, jacket even when the sun is too high or almost nothing (some, yes).

     Upon my research regarding this matter, an article entitled "Fashion Psychology" which I believe to be the author is Karen herself, by karenpine.com tells about how  fashion affects our everyday life. What we actually wear manipulates the way we move. It has some kind of coordination in between. When someone wears an elegant set of jewelry and a perfect black dress, she will automatically feel so fragile. Whatever we wear makes our body act accordingly to what our clothes want to project. If we try to project a very professional image, then, we have to wear office or business attires. I quote a line from the article that I think gives a better view of what am I trying to say which has been said by the author, " Recent research on enclothed cognition demonstrates a powerful link between a person’s attire and the way they behave, and evolutionary and cognitive psychology can help us to understand the inner drivers for people’s clothing choices, and the effect upon others."

     It is true that what we wear defines us. If we tried to wear something that looks really unprepared, it will damage our credibility. We cannot just put on pajamas if we'll be attending a wedding ceremony. For some especially for higher classes, they chose fashion to express how they protect their credibility. Especially when one is well-dressed.

     Another article that caught my attention is this "What Cognitive Psychology Studies Reveals about Fashion" by G.Moda themselves from gdotmoda.com also shows how style affects the way we project our message to the world. By the use of style and fashion we give them the idea of what we are trying to connect with them. "There has been several investigations using social science approaches into the impacts of fashion on how other people perceive us as a result of the clothes that we wear, especially during the 1980s and 1990s, and quite a few on how we perceive fashions from the perspective of developing virtual simulations of fashions, in the late 1990s and early in the first decade of 2000." said by G.Moda.

     Fashion can be an instrument but it can also be a form of communication to people on how we react based on what we wear. We project different images in the form of what we wear everyday. It can be a professional look, simple, sweet or edgy. But no matter how we make ourselves as canvass, still it is our choice with whatever image we want to paint on ourselves and that's what the people will see.

Post 3: Lady's Sudden Change

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     Lady Gaga, a music and a fashion icon. She is commonly known for her wild fashion sense and even her music. Examples of these were "Telephone", "Alejandro", "Born this Way" and so much more. She never performed without the craziness showing up on her by means of hair, makeup, clothes and even her show. But it seems like her style toned-down a bit. No more big hair bows, super teased hair and outstanding costumes for her shows.


     But why did Lady Gaga suddenly changed? According to an article entitled "Lady Gaga teases a new "toned-down" look" by Meagan Morris and "Lady Gaga hip surgery update: She's "unbelievable" by Sara McGinnis from "sheknows.com" that Lady Gaga had undergone a hip surgery leading her to minimize her style. Although she has to tone down her style, her taste to it will never go wrong. As she said that "[I'm not] defined by the same designer or defined by the same hair cut or defined by the same icon. The statement is that I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time" -Lady Gaga.

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     Lady Gaga was forced to undergo a hip surgery and spend time in a rehabilitation program. According to an article "Lady Gaga's tricked out 24-karat gold wheelchair" by Deirdre Kaye of sheknows.com, MTV and Daily Beast reported that Lady Gaga contacted Kevin Borochov to make her a wheelchair made of 24-karat gold. It was said that the gold itself costs $ 2,600 alone. The wheelchair was reported to be plated 1.5 ounces of gold. Although even Borochov wasn't sure if Lady Gaga will actually use it to get around but it is said to be used for a Terry Richardson photo shoot.

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     Despite of the hip surgery she went through her comeback to the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards shocked her fans in her long black Prabal Gurung dress. Accompanied by her father Joe Germanotta and Busta Rhymes. She assured her fans that she'll be back on screen. And as expected she performed for 2013 VMA with her song "Applause". Full performance of Lady Gaga can be seen [here]. Stunning performance of Lady Gaga can't tell that she's been in a hip surgery. She started with a white full-covered-nun-looking dress with matching square headpiece. During her performance were couple of "personality" changes that would definitely gain the "applause". There was really no "basic black" for Gaga.

     Everything about Lady Gaga is outstanding. She can bring her own style magnificently. She was really an icon herself. Even though she has to tone down her style, her absolute creativity and uniqueness always shows off.

     Mother Monster never fails to bring a fresh look to her fans and even to the media. Nothing can really slow down Lady Gaga to give a blast in everything she does. Her craziness over style and music is what makes her perfect for what and where she is now.