Fashion = Class

In response to a previous comment i would like to point out how not only does our fashion help to form and shape our identity, but it also places us within certain social and economic classes. For instance, it was brought up that if someone was unable to afford the clothes that would help him show his personality then his ability to form his own identity is restricted. Yet, if he can not afford those clothes, then his identity is being form by that very circumstance. The type or "brand" of clothing these days is quite the determining factor in how people view you and your wealth.
When we see someone who has on clothing that is seen as not being as "cool" as what everyone else is wearing then that person is classified...identified by their peers and put into categories. These categories that one is a part of, is what one uses to describe themselves and therefore is what their identity is, regardless if it portrays one's personality or not. Thus fashion is what creates us and our identities. This proves that as much as we think that we are the one's creating fashiona dn setting the trends, it is fashion that is creating us and our identities.