FASHION
By Savannah Grace
Fashion is a personal billboard that you share with the world. Around the world it paints a picture of their life, their work, their religious belief and their status. Without expressing a word you can deem where a person lives, what they do for a living, where they fall on the monetary ladder, and often where they are comfortable in the social hierarchy. When you see these telltale signs up close and in their natural environment, it’s easy to discern the differences of cultures and nationalities and social position purely based on their attire. Where tight clothes are acceptable in western countries, in others Middle Eastern countries its a big taboo. When I traveled through Uzbekistan I was shocked to see that a unibrows, bushy eyebrows growing straight across the face, was highly desired with many woman painting a dark stripe across the bridge of their nose.
Older Peruvian woman in traditional dress
Have fun picking out the fashion, class and social differences in this FASHION PHOTO ESSAY from around the world.
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Wise man in his village tucked in the jungles of Suriname
Typical dress of Tashkent, Tajikistan
Maasai warriors in Kenya
Lip plate culture in Ethiopia
Benin
My brother Ammon sitting with local men in Peshawar, Pakistan
My brother Ammon and me, dressed in local attire in Kabul, Afghanistan
Men tending to their camels at camel market in Egypt
A harem of local women in typical dress
JOIN US today on “The Road Less Travelled” Twitter for a conversation about FASHION and what it means culturally at 1pmNYC/6pmUK. Share your interesting FASHION extremes and knowledge, photo tips and pics. Learn from others. Search the hashtag #TRLT to find us and don’t forget to include the hashtag in your tweets to participate with your fellow travellers! Inspire and be inspired. You can find me each and every week hosting with my fellow travellers Shane Dallas (public speaker, visited 100+ countries), Jessica Lipowski (accomplished author and “foodie”) and Anton Magnin (specialist in family travel).
I’m in my PJs!
Savannah
