Fashion

Fashion is derivative of itself, always. The last great innovation in the fashion industries was Velcro. Fleece (Polartec) and Gortex are not yet fashionable. EMS, L. L. Bean and MSR are working on that. The art of fashion design is to do the same thing with recognisable differences. Microsoft is guilty of fashion. The important thing about fashion is not the design but the date. This makes "avaunt guard" a fashion statement. Styling is always an attempt to move an object to current fashion.