Fashion and Culture

As people, we are all products of our environment. Our education, neighborhoods, religion, political affiliations, financial status and family relationships are an integral part of our spirit and personalities. Beyond that, our gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity are powerful factors in how the world views us and how we accept others. Within our differing environments, we have learned how to communicate and relate to people. From our knowledge and exposure to different methods of communicating, we further make choices regarding which methods are most comfortable for us. The structure individuals chose to communicate across varying ethnicities and cultures varies drastically and can often lead to miscommunication. This is because individuals from varying cultures can see the exact same signs and text in completely different ways. This breakdown in communication can cause serious problems, particularly in global markets, but also within offices where diverse workforces are illiterate about apiece others methods and mannerisms, and the meanings they hold.

There is an interesting scene in the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Brooks, 2002), during the wedding when the bride is walking downbound the isle. Half of the congregation, the bride’s side of the family, spits on her as she walks to the altar. This social expression of good luck by her Greek family, in American culture, is considered extremely vile, offensive, and one of the most profound methods of degradation in modern society. This is just one example of how a simple, heartfelt gesture by her family could lead to potential disaster in another venue.

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