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Fashion and teenagers

Teenagers are probably the most fashion-conscious people on Earth. A teenager's lifestyle is heavily influenced by fashion. Let's look at why teenagers care so much about their appearances.

First, fashion helps teenagers to tell the world who they are (or who they want to be). Clothes and accessories show a person's attitude to life, hobbies and interests, and many other things. For example, you can easily identify a rock music or anime lover by their clothes. All the teenagers have different personalities, so their clothes can be in absolutely different styles, sizes, colours, and materials.

When you are a teenager, peer pressure influences your behaviour, fashion and style, the choice of friends, and even school results. Teenagers sometimes dress up to avoid being laughed at by their classmates. As a result, they fear losing their friends if they dress wrong. A typical teenager will probably shop with friends or ask for advice on how to dress up for an event, such as a birthday party. Teenagers use fashion to hold friendships and support their self-esteem.

Media, such as magazines, TV-shows, and the Internet, provides teenagers with information about new trends. They help their audience to be sure what to buy and what not to buy. Media plays a large part in how teenagers choose their clothes. Unfortunately, media has its disadvantages. Thus, it has a great impact on teenagers' body image and clothing. When an attractive person appears on the cover of a magazine, many teenagers feel forced to do everything to look like them. It has resulted in many lifestyle changes among teenagers, and unhealthy behaviours such as eating disorders.

Teenagers look up to the celebrities that they love. They give teenagers the fashion inspiration they need. When a teenager sees their favourite celebrity wearing something they like, they will buy the exact same outfit, so they can look like them. For example, when an actress and model Hailey Bieber puts on a specific pair of trainers, more people all over the world start buying the same ones. Teenagers watch all sorts of TV- and YouTube-shows to keep up with their favourite celebrities' styles.

Older teenagers, who are already becoming adults, feel bad about not having adult freedoms because they are still under a parents' control. Even though they can not decide if they go to school or what time they have to be at home, they can decide what to wear. A teenager can look for independence by choosing how to look. The only problem here is that fashion can become a way to rebel against parents, not a way of self-expression.

All in all, there are a lot of things that affect how we dress and what we like. When teenagers grow up, they normally begin to discover their independence and create an image of themselves. They tend not to look at other people and focus on their own tastes.

13. Looking at teenagers' clothes, you can understand what their personality and tastes are.

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14. Teenagers never make friends with someone who wears old-fashioned clothes.

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15. The influence of media on teenagers is absolutely positive.

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16. Teenagers copy popular people's appearances.

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17. Teenagers can buy and wear some items because of celebrities.

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18. Family relationships don't influence teenage clothes choices.

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19. Only teenagers follow fashion trends, adults do not.

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