Can Faith Inspire Fashion?

Question

Designers driven by faith are taking the fashion world by storm. A few new brands are finding success with trendy pieces that promote conservative styles.

From New York to LA, women’s ware collections are providing long-sleeved, floor-length looks -- that are selling like hotcakes. “Today Style” reports that women with Jewish, Islamic and Christian backgrounds want, “haute without being too hot.”

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They want to experience fun with fashion, without violating their religious faiths. Designers are giving them the modest looks they want and they seem to be selling very well. The market is rip and profits are heading in the right direction.

Companies like DKNY are setting the trend with conservative fashions. Even Instagram and Pinterest are giving them the marketing boost they need. These trendy, cutting-edge, styles could soon be coming to a mall near you. What are your thoughts? Can faith inspire fashion?

Answer 1

Christian crosses are EVERYWHERE in jewelry. Just go to Santa Fe - or anywhere in New Mexico, for that matter - and you'll find at least a million different Navajo or Catholic crosses hanging on the walls! And then, of course, there are the Celtic necklaces I purchased at Mont-Saint-Michel when my French class toured northern France back in June... religious fashion isn't always tacky or uptight.

Answer 2

Uninspired Follower! Sediment once occupying a tall mountain pushed down by erosion and rivers to the bottom of a ocean, where it will remain there forever, unnoticed and unimportant ... There are many admirable qualities of the "stick in the MUD."

Answer 3

Apparently. Even the Cross became an accessory after Madonna got through with it.

Answer 4

Religion can never inspire self-expression, only prudishness, perhaps disguised in colorful patterns and designs ...

Answer 5

I take it you've never seen the Sistine Chapel?

Answer 6

That's called gainful employment from a well-heeled client.

Answer 7

I find gainful employment quite inspiring. ;)

Answer 8

Well, great. I don't call it self-expression.

Answer 9

Whatever...

Answer 10

"Whatever"? What are you, like 16?

Answer 11

The **** does that even mean?

Answer 12

Wait. You are the one who doesn't want to call art self-expression just because we're paid for it. If you have no respect for art, why should I have respect for your useless opinion?

Answer 13

You should respect my useless opinion because you have no idea of what art is, and I'm trying to help you.

Answer 14

ROTFLMFAO!
Let me guess... This is "art"

But this isn't.

Answer 15

Man creates art. Those are rocks. As for the top picture, you tell me. Is it self-expression?

Answer 16

Art is art. If scientists can claim that monkeys and elephants can create art, why can't ***?

I refuse to spread the original 'piece' online. If you don't recall it, that's a GOOD thing.

Answer 17

Here's the definition: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

You cannot separate art from humans (Unless you feel entitled to not follow the rules of logic, which, obviously, you do). Sorry!

The original piece? Do you mean Robert Mapplethorpe?

For those of you so inclined, here's the link to his ART: http://www.mapplethorpe.org/e...

"I refuse to ..." You see, prudishness. I told you right from the beginning.

Answer 18

You're funny. You narrow the definition of art to suit yourself, but you call anyone 'narrow' who refuses to spread that sort of filth. That's not prudish. It's called RESPECT.

Answer 19

The Muslim wants to be accepted any way they can get it without being rejected. Muslims strive against others no matter what they do obeying their Quran. They get one thing accepted and then another untill they have their coils around whoever strangling them with sharia law like a giant anaconda. It starts out all innocent like seeming to be harmless.They do this first. If that does not work they turn into ISIS. Muslims follow a 100% evil book called the Quran.

Answer 20

Muslims are having a silent Jihad with this, can faith inspire fashion. The word faith is misused.

Answer 21

Answer 22

Everything can inspire fashion and in this case as there are so many muslim women now living in the western countries, they represent a new market that many business people will try to target.

Answer 23

Answer 24

The colors are very upliftilng

Answer 25

It could. People could be encouraged to wear religious or church shirt.

Answer 26

Absolutely! Clothes make the man (or woman?).

Answer 27

Literally anything can inspire fashion. Why not faith?

Answer 28

I guess it can, but who in the world wants to swim with a burka??? Seriously??

Answer 29

Not if that is the fashion~

Answer 30

ppl say no but forever 21 is a Christian based company

Answer 31

Culture influences culture and religion is an integral part of culture, so.... Yeah. Art and science at times too even, the Mayans, Newton was a crazy eyed fundementalist that had revelations from *** himself that the holy trinity wasn't an actuality and other stuff I'm gonna need to look up.

Answer 32

This headscarf I used for Halloween was pretty stylish comfortable, and everyone thought it was cool.

Answer 33

Yes, of course... Faith inspires many things...

Answer 34

Not religious what so ever but how can people say no when its already everywhere jewelry, shirts, blankets, tattoos, etc like religion is the most controversial topic to ever exsist of course it would be in fashion.

Answer 35

Most "fashion" is tacky as ****. I'll stick with my steel toed boots, plain ole jeans, and rock band t-shirts. Simple and better looking and more durable than any "designer"crap

Answer 36

You call THAT fashion?

Answer 37

Are they getting the women here prepared to wear those burkas?

Answer 38

I do agree that women should wear more clothing instead of running around half *****, *********, they can stick those burkas and black burlap bag gowns up their ***. I wouldn't wear them.

Answer 39

I do not like them either, not even if they put sparkles on them...

Answer 40

It's not my definition, moron. That's the point. This is not a liberal conspiracy. Just statin' the facts. I didn't call anybody "narrow." You're reading so much into this. So is that your definition of art: something that's pretty and not filth, something that doesn't challenge you to think differently, but rather confirms what you already know to be true. If so, you're so incredibly arrogant, thinking that you can corrupt and control art to serve your own designs and purposes.