FashionandHumanDignity

Truth,Goodness,Beauty

Humanbeings,evenifwepostulateaprocessofevolution,alsopossessauniquenesswhichcannotbefullyexplainedbytheevolutionofotheropensystems.EachofushashisorherownpersonalidentityandiscapableofenteringintodialoguewithothersandwithGodhimself.Ourcapacitytoreason,todeveloparguments,tobeinventive,tointerpretrealityandtocreateart,alongwithothernotyetdiscoveredcapacities,aresignsofauniquenesswhichtranscendsthespheresofphysicsandbiology.ThesheernoveltyinvolvedintheemergenceofapersonalbeingwithinamaterialuniversepresupposesadirectactionofGodandaparticularcalltolifeandtorelationshiponthepartofa“Thou”whoaddresseshimselftoanother“thou”.Thebiblicalaccountsofcreationinviteustoseeeachhumanbeingasasubjectwhocanneverbereducedtothestatusofanobject. -PopeFrancis,Laudato Si

Issuesrelatedto“dressing”thedignityofthehumanperson:

• Physicalwell-being• Psychologicalneedforprivacy• EffectiveCommunication(Stone1962,Livesley andBromley1973,Mehrabian andRussell1974))

• Enclothed Cognition(AdamandGalinsky 2012)• ObjectificationanditsNegativeEffects:Useandabuse• SelfObjectificationanditsNegativeEffects:Diminishedcognitiveability,bodydissatisfaction,bodyshame,greaternegativemood(Fredericksonetall.1998)

Theprincipleofthecommongood,towhicheveryaspectofsociallifemustberelatedifitistoattainitsfullestmeaning,stemsfromthedignity,unityandequalityofallpeople.Accordingtoitsprimaryandbroadlyacceptedsense, thecommongood indicates“thesumtotalofsocialconditionswhichallowpeople,eitherasgroupsorasindividuals,toreachtheirfulfilmentmorefullyandmoreeasily”.- Compendium

ContributionstotheCommonGoodinvolve:• FashionDesigners(Createrealvalueforthecustomer?)

• FashionManufacturers(Delivervalue?Sustainablepractices?Respectlabor?)

• FashionMarketers(MirrororMold?Truthfulness?)

• FashionInfluencers(Knowledgeofinfluence?Intent?)

• FashionRetailers(Delivervalueatfairprices?Providecustomerservice?

• Butmostofall:FashionConsumers!

GroupWork:Whatareourtangibleandintangibleneedsformfashion?Listthemintwocolumns:tangible andintangible.