Visual Critic: Is it important to be obsessed with fashion?

14th October 2013

obsess

əbˈsɛs/

verb

past tense: obsessed; past participle: obsessed

1. 1.

   preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent.
   
   

I have been thinking about my own thoughts and response to this question and I personally believe you should be. The dictionary defines the word 'obsess' as the above, but I believe that in the world of fashion being obsessed is not a negative thing - if anything it is natural and makes people more informed and knowledgable. 

I believe it is important to be obsessed with fashion as the fashion industry is like no other.If you worked in building for instance you would have to be well trained and well informed about the building world including being aware of any current affairs in the field but when you finished work for the day and so you would not need to be obsessed. By obsessed I mean constantly looking at social networking sites, magazines, TV programmes, going to exhibitions and analysing everything you see and hear to draw inspiration. Therefore I think to be successful in the fashion industry you have to be obsessed in the sense that it does not feel you are working as it is a pleasure, something which you love and is a natural thing as having a creative mind means you will naturally be inspired by that which is around you. 

Dictionary Definition: 
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define%3A+obsessed&rlz=1C5ACMJ_enGB520GB525&oq=define%3A+obsessed&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.4044j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8