Here are three questions for you. What percentage of your money do you spend on clothes? Do you buy clothes because you like them, or because they're in style? Will you wear any brand of clothing, or only designer labels (real or fake)? If you answered the first question with a high number, and the others with their latter options, you may be a fashion victim! A fashion victim is someone who insists on wearing currently fashionable clothes even if they're completely unsuitable for her or him. The late designer Oscar de la Renta claimed to have coined the phrase, and many other top designers have used it. They should know! Most shoppers can look at a piece of clothing and make a sensible choice about whether or not it's for them. Fashion victims, however, are blind to the obvious and will buy anything they feel they "should" be wearing. They are especially concerned with following fads, which are very brief but popular trends. As a result, they must constantly update their wardrobes to stay in style—or at least stay trendy! Expensive brand labels are another obsession of the true fashion victim. Wearing designer clothes suggests wealth, class, and superior taste, or so fashion victims believe. The fashion industry knows this, which is why so many clothes and accessories nowadays proudly display their makers' names as designs. Do you look like a walking advertisement when you go out? Be honest, now! Most people care about their appearance; that's only natural. And many people—especially young people—care about being fashionable. But when keeping up with the latest trends actually starts to damage one's appearance, it's time to rethink. The next time you're shopping for clothes, don't worry about what your friends are wearing or which brand is "it" right now. Buy what you want to wear and what looks good on you. It may not make you trendy, but you'll still be wearing it next year.
請大家回答以下三個問題： 你會撥出多少比例的收入作為治裝費？ 你買衣服的動機是因為自己喜歡，或因為衣服很潮？ 你會穿搭任何品牌的服飾，還是只穿搭設計師品 牌的服飾( 不論真品或仿冒品)？ 如果你第一個答案的百分比極高，其他兩個問題的答案皆為後者，那麼你可能已經是「時尚受害者」！ 「時尚受害者」意指儘管完全不適合自己，卻仍堅持穿搭最新流行服飾的人。此名詞據稱是由已故設計師奧斯卡• 德拉倫塔所創，許多頂尖設計師亦紛紛沿用，因為他們深諳此道！ 多數消費者在選購服飾時，通常都會理性判斷是否適合自己。然而時尚受害者卻會視而不見，盲目購買自認「一定得穿上身」的服飾。他們特別在乎是否跟得上潮流，而且是那種超夯但是曇花一現的流行趨勢。因此，他們必須不斷買新衣服，才能讓自己顯得有型，或至少要能走在流行尖端！ 真正的時尚受害者亦十分著迷於高價品牌。時尚受害者認為，穿搭設計師服飾意味著財富、地位以及高人一等的品味。時尚產業十分清楚此現象，這就是現今許多服飾配件自豪地展示製作者名稱作為設計的原因。說老實話，你出門的時候真的喜歡像個活廣告走來走去嗎？ 多數人均在乎自己的外表，這是人之常情。而有許多人更在乎時尚與否，尤其是年輕人。但是，當追隨最新趨勢反而會對外表造成反效果時，大家就該好好反思了。下次購買服飾時，別只想著朋友們都在穿 什麼衣服或現在流行哪個品牌，或該選購哪些時下人氣品牌。只要購買你喜歡、又適合你的服飾即可。也許不會讓你顯得時髦，但是明年絕對還穿得到。 | 
