Identity and fashion

I read 6 books that Lucy recommended for me before. Here are  some words I need from the books. 

Notes from ‘Fashion Culture and Identity’ https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ual/detail.action?docID=5625866

1. In short, while certainly not rigidly caste like in its configuration, the universe of meanings attaching to clothes, cosmetics, hairstyles, and jewelry-right down to the very shape and bearing of the body itself is highly differentiated in terms of taste, social identity, and persons’ access to the symbolic wares of a society.

• The familiar observation that persons’ dress often reveals more about their psychological state than they can or wish to put into words is of a piece with this general point.

Notes from Identities Through Fashion : A Multidisciplinary Approach https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ual/detail.action?docID=1335911#goto_toc

1. In other words: fashion is a certain way of defi ning social affi nities and, simultaneously, a way of defi ning ourselves as distinct among our peers. Indeed, while the impulse to create fashion follows from a desire to distinguish oneself from others, the impulse to follow fashion derives from a desire for belonging and social recognition. Since fashion involves both aspects, it represents the confl uence of opposing human tendencies.
2. T oday, it is fashionable to search for one’s true self