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Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.

— Daphne Guinness

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea.

— Douglas Coupland

To me, fashion is like a mirror. It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.

— Anna Sui

Fashion is an expression of a time, of a place, of history. It's putting things into context.

— Nina Garcia

Fashion is about change, don't you think?

— Peter Lindbergh

There are tons of people who are late to trends by nature and adopt a trend after it's no longer in fashion. They exist in mutual funds. They exist in clothes. They exist in cars. They exist in lifestyles.

— Jim Cramer

Fashion is just an interpretation of the culture around us.

— Nina Garcia

Fashion was in a crisis up until the mid-'90s and, when it came out of the crisis, it was a very different place. It was a place that nurtured and cultivated young entrepreneurial designers.

— Tim Gunn

There's no such thing as trends. There's no such thing as style, even. It's just whatever you feel.

— Zendaya

Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.

— Geoffrey Beene

✗Opposing Perspectives

Style is timeless. It transcends generations - it's enduring. If you're thinking about fashion, it's of the moment. And that doesn't mean that it's not important at times to embrace trends and that type of thing, but style is less about trends than it is about how you carry yourself.

— John Varvatos