Although most of us do not acknowledge it, we are effected by and participate in a lot of trends. A couple of days ago, Mr. Powles gave everyone in my media class a survey on trends to see how effected we are by trends. When Mr. Powles compiled the data, he showed us the results in a power point the next day. Once the list of some of the trends that we came up with was displayed on the power point, we came to a conclusion that everyone in the class follows at least one of the trends. I, myself realized that I follow 12 out of the 46 trends on the list, which is about 26%. Some of the trends I follow are: Nike, iPhones, skinny jeans, YMCMB, Lil Wayne, plaid, cardigans, Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, track pants, high top shoes, and rap music. In my opinion, in order to be considered a “trendy” person you just have to follow at least 5 of the trends. By doing so, it will determine that you are well aware of the latest trends and like to participate in a lot of them, which makes you a trendy person.
The most important trend that I follow and hold onto tightly is the iPhone because without it, I honestly don’t know what I would be doing. I take my iPhone with me everywhere I go and use it for EVERYTHING. If I can’t see in the dark, I quickly turn on the Flashlight app on my iPhone. If I’m looking for an answer to a question, I go to Google on my iPhone. You get the point; I’m pretty much addicted to my iPhone. In some ways I don’t appreciate the fact that I’m on my phone all the time because I always end up getting into an argument with my parents for always being on my phone and not doing anything else. Although I do use my phone for school purposes, my parents automatically assume I’m playing a game or just texting. However, regardless of what anyone says about iPhones, my iPhone means a lot to me and I cherish every little thing about it. On the other hand, one trend that I would easily let go is Abercrombie & Fitch because I’m not really a loyal consumer of their products. I only own one shirt from the store and my mom was the one to purchase it for me from one of the locations in New York. At the point in time, I had no clue what the brand was but I liked the look of the shirt, so I convinced my mom to buy me one. However, when I got back everybody at my school started wearing an Abercrombie & Fitch shirt a couple weeks later and soon enough it became a very popular trend.
The people that influence my sense of taste and style are my older sister, and my favourite celebrities. My older sister, Anum, is the main person that influences my style more than anyone because as I was growing up I was always interested in doing everything she did. Since we share an entire closet, majority of the trends I follow are influenced by her personal choices. Also, some of my favourite celebrities such as Beyonce, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, and many others influence my style because quite often when I see them on TV at several different events, I enjoy looking at their outfits to give me some ideas to incorporate into my outfits.
In conclusion, everybody follows at least one trend whether they meant to be apart of it or not. We can't help it, it's apart of our society. But, that doesn't mean you have to allow trends to decide what you do. As long as you can decide for yourself whether you want to follow a certain trend, there really isn't anything wrong with following trends.
