Fashion refers to the gamut of styles, especially dress which are current in any given culture at any given time. It not only embraces clothing, but also includes accessories like hair styles, makeup, handbags and foot wears. Fashion designing is one of the most important aspects of the fashion world. It is the applied art dedicated to clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time.

The term “fashion” is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour, beauty and style. Fashion is supposed to accentuate our looks, make us look our best, and to hide our figure flaws. It is to express yourself, to serve as an extension of your personality. Fashion is indicative of a style of clothing worn by certain sections of people during a period of time. Fashion is a form of free expression. People use fashion to present themselves to the public eye. Why does fashion exist? Fashion exists to provide information about ourselves, who we think we are and who we aspire to be. It defines our age, our sex, our occupation and often our ethnicity. What we wear is an image of what we want the world to see. While some find a hobby in fashion, some others take it up as their career.To some fashion is an art form and to others it is almost a religion.

Fashion is a spirit, where an individual is comfortable with his mode of clothing and converts this comfort into a personal style. It plays a very important role in an individual’s life. With the changing trends in fashion and designing, the dress codes too have changed. Today we tend to dress based on the way clothes appeal to our personal taste. The youngsters have now taken to the north Indian and even western style of dressing. Our teens are very picky about what they like to wear. They like to act “cool”, so they try to dress in something that fits their personality.