A Look Into: Fashion & Personal Identity This article was written by freelance contributor Nifemi Ashani Clothing, identity, and fashion are words that connect us to the visible expression of self and others. These three words are constructed from history, biology, geography, religion, power systems, memories and personal fantasies. Clothing is the general raw material that an individual decides to wear. In the simplest terms: any coverage for the human body. Looking at it more complexly, clothes can carry significant signs according to their shape, colour, surface, decoration, embroidery techniques etc. Clothing can change how we view the world and how the world views us. Virgina Woolf has said, “there…



