In general, the term fashion refers to a prevailing mode of expression, whether it be custom, style of

dress, speech, or other.

The mass production of clothing began roughly in the mid-nineteenth

century, when some manufacturers began to produce garments that
did not require fitting, but fashion did not become an established
industry until the twentieth century, when networks of tailors casually
evolved into manufacturing businesses, factories grew from necessity
during the world wars, and the ensuing social and cultural changes
signified the dawn of less restrictive and unilateral codes of dress.
The evolution of fashion has been a response to cultural changes,
It has also been suggested that shifts in trends force consumers to constantly spend money on new
clothing that they do not necessarily need.
While the opportunity to express creativity both by designers and consumers is a positive aspect of
changes in fashion,

The term fashion is often used to denote a prevailing style of dress.

It is evident that fashion in clothing and accessories dates back as far as the ancient Egyptians. Their
wigs, hairpieces, make-up, and jewelry are evidence of an extensive fashion culture, and much of their art
depicts the importance it held in their society.
The habit of continually changing the style of clothing is a distinctively Western one. This idea can be
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traced back to the middle of the fourteenth century.
The most dramatic manifestation was a sudden
drastic shortening and tightening of the male over-garment,
This created the distinctive Western male outline of a tailored top worn over leggings or trousers which is
still with us today.
The pace of change accelerated considerably in the following century. Women's fashion, especially in the
dressing and adorning of the hair, became equally complex and changing. Initially, changes in fashion led
to a fragmentation of what had previously been very similar styles of dressing across the upper classes of
Europe. The development of distinctive national styles continued until a countermovement in the
seventeenth to eighteenth centuries, which imposed similar styles once again, especially those
from Ancient regime