Following Trends: Good or Bad?

Every month there seems to be lots of new and different things trending all over the world. First off, lets learn a bit about what trends are and where they originate. According to Google.com “A trend is an overall direction in which something is changing or evolving.” Trends can be short-term or long-term. They can grow from many things. Lovetoknow.com states “Trends start from the styles seen on the street as well as the runway, fashion bloggers, celebrities, and different places around the world.” I believe that following trends can be a really positive thing but it can also be a negative thing as well.

Following trends could possibly be a good thing. Staying fluent with what’s trending will keep you hip and up to date with the times. It can help you gain popularity. You never know what opportunities could sprout from staying trendy. People will want to associate themselves with you because they believe if they hang out with you they will be hip, trend, and popular. Also, you may even gain job opportunities from being up to date with trends. A job possibility for you could be trend forecasting. That’s not the only job related with trends for you to find. You could also blog or vlog about current fashions and make money off of it. So following trends can be a decent thing.

However, being a follower of trends can have undesirable outcomes. Also, don’t you want to be original and unique? Yes, you do. A lot of people will look up to you if you “do your own thing” and are your own unique self. Why follow what’s “hip” when you can enjoy things that you love personally. Not because a magazine said that kind of person was trending. Also, life is very short. Sometimes it takes people quite sometime to realize this and they end up pretending to be someone they’re not. By being yourself and not following trends you can live your own individual life.

So as you can see following trends has its cons as well as it pros. However, in the end you should do what you want to do. Don’t listen to anyone but yourself. If you want to follow trends then do so. If you want to stay off the trend radar go ahead. Life is too short so go ahead, enjoy it and be happy.

"Google." Google. Web. 18 Jan. 2016. <http://www.google.com/>. 

"How Do Fashion Trends Start?" LoveToKnow. Web. 18 Jan. 2016. <http://womens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/womens-fashion-history/how-do-fashion-trends-start>.