On Thursday, a couple of my friends and I visited the museum at FIT. It was an interesting experience, to say the least. We saw many new things that most of us probably had not seen before. I am not usually someone that is involved in fashion but what was displayed at the museum was certainly interesting. Some of the clothing that I saw there appeared to be very different and very innovative. One thing that really caught my eye was a strapless black dress with a floral pattern. I really liked it because it combined flowers, which is something pleasant, with the color black, which is something that seems closed off. Something that I was surprised to see there was a strapless dress with a zebra pattern. It is a very nice dress but the reason I was surprised to see it at the museum was because I have the same dress. It was nice to see something from my drawers be displayed in the animal print section of a museum.
The displays that I saw at the museum certainly gave me a reason to think about fashion a bit more. Like I aforementioned, the clothes displayed seemed to be something different and innovative. What they meant to me was that there were people in the world who think of these new ideas and then tell others about it. These ideas could be accepted or rejected by the public because they are so new and different. So that implies that there is no real criteria for what good fashion is. It is up to the public people to decide what is trendy or what stands out.
Overall, the trip I made to the museum was a great learning experience. I was able to to take some that I do not understand, like fashion, and be able to perceive it in my own way.