two paragraphs

Written Response
• You will now use the table above to help you write a response to the following two questions.
• Part A will be a synthesis task, requiring you to refer to all three texts and use in-text citations
(author and year only).
• Part B will require you to write an academic opinion. For this question, you may refer to any of
the texts (A, B, and/or C) but this is not necessary
Your total response should be a minimum of 300 words (approx. 150 words for each part).

Part A: Describe the influence that fashion and society have on each other.

Part B: Skinny fashion models should be banned in fashion advertising across all media platforms. Do
you agree or disagree?

The influence of fashion on society

The influence of society on fashion

Text A

Mooney-Smith (2018)

19th century – clothing for the rich women, designed to prevent physical work eg. Long dresses, long nails, bound feet

express their personal identities

Fashion trends: top-down/bottom-up -> following these trends same as celebrities = fashion skyrocketed

WWI – no dresses for women, now pants because they had to work

World war 1 – clothing for woman, began to wear pants -> offices, factories, farms

the working class wore clothes – easy to move in (designed for physical labour.)

the clothes of the upper – designed for leisure(not for physical labour, it’s for good look)

Text B

Cunningham (2018)

Young people tend to be heavily influence by fashion models

more people are having cosmetic surgery to change their appearance – look and feel more attractive

Cosmetic procedures has been partly attributed to the powerful influence of the fashion industry

sections of society are concerned about the negative influence of the fashion industry

Designer presenting their cloths on people with different body types.

Some sections of society are concerned about the negative influence on runways
In the past – extremely skinny models
Present – healthy-looking models

The government has requested that fashion designers and magazines avoid hiring extremely thin models for fashion shows and photo

Liposuction became popular

Text C

Zalinski (2017)

style or look in fashion leads one to be labelled or stereotyped

Creative use of fashion benefits the fashion industry and the individual consumer

defined identities and reinforced stereotypes

d a negative impact on women in society

women continue to be influenced by advertising

society may attach to that particular style

more controlled by the consumers

Developing an individual dress sense and a unique style