he terms "fashionable" and "unfashionable" were employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current or even not so current, popular mode of expression. However, more so in the modern era items termed 'not so current' may indeed fit into the term 'Retro.' Retro fashion allows rule shifts, such as 'old is suddenly new,' thus fashionable. The term "fashion" is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour,
beauty and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal
art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and
goodness. The term "fashion" is also sometimes used in a negative sense, as a synonym for
fads and trends, and
materialism. A number of cities are recognized as global fashion centers and are recognized for their fashion weeks, where designers exhibit their new clothing collections to audiences. These cities are
Paris,
Milan,
New York, and
London. Other cities, mainly
Los Angeles,
Berlin,
Tokyo,
Rome,
Miami,
Hong Kong,
São Paulo,
Sydney,
Barcelona,
Amsterdam,
Madrid,
Mumbai,
Vienna,
Moscow,
New Delhi and
Dubai also hold fashion weeks and are better recognized every year.
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