What of Economy Fashion?

From the most ancient of times, Afrikan souls pioneered garment creation and produced garments for themselves. Throughout the ages this primary people of humanity developed garment cloth making and garment production to superlative levels. Naturally, rooted in their norm of high culture, the outward expression of thriving clothing industries, the beauty of their clothing aesthetics and the depth of meaning garments carried reflected lived values. Certainly, this pioneering people of pinnacle civilisation adorned themselves with the exquisite coverings of exceptional quality punctuating their high standards of upright living. As with many other areas of creative output their genius flow, garment and accessory production formed a part of their vital and thriving self-economy function.

In contemporary times, the term economy fashion has been used to describe activity in regard to garment and accessory making and the deployment of such. According to a mainstream source the term economy fashion is described in the following way:  

“The economics of clothing involve three processes: production, making the clothing; distribution, getting the clothing from the maker to the consumer; and consumption, actually using the clothing”.

How does such a description apply to the Afrikan in a state of disruption and interruption? As with the many other areas of creative production the norm of self-determined clothing industry has been destructively set upon by others that mean the Afrikan ill. Subject to the ‘economies’ of the others, multitudes of souls may succumb to the resignation that their only function is be the total and exclusive all-consuming entity upon which those other ‘economies’ opulently feast. Meanwhile, the highly civilised norm of Afrikan self-economy fashion is neglected, abandoned or nullified with loss of cultural substance and financial resource benefits for this soul people. The dire result could be a whole people that are unable to clothe themselves and instead rely upon the others to provide the material, designs, labels, motifs and other aesthetics deemed fit to best serve other ‘economies’.  

For many souls there may be clothing dictates such as a particular uniform deemed necessary for particular roles for their livelihood. Yet, surely this primary people of creation can exercise their abundant capacity to create the thriving industries required to the take care of themselves - whether for clothing or otherwise. What does this primary people of creation look like erroneously acting as though they’re the total and exclusive dependants of humanity - even misled into adopting such a lowly unnatural state as some sort of success symbol?  

Recovery of self-economy, self-determined creative production and the relevant industries of wholesome functioning is surely what this naturally mature, wisdom-filled primary and pioneering people of creation have propensity to do. However, void of a level of self-knowingness such qualities of truism may fail to be realise. Hence, the restoration of a level of self-knowingness and the cultural fabric within which self-economy is naturally embedded is key.  

From whatever station, level or status each soul can make a contributory step towards upright ascension – however large or small. The imperative and continual self-determined ascension of this soul people is not a fashion statement that is ‘cool’ now and then ‘uncool’ in the next moment. The popularity of this people’s ascension is determined by them and at the same time reflects their current condition. If there is ever a period where necessary recovery, restoration and continued ascension of rightful order is unpopular then these same areas of essential life activity surely require greater and more intense focus. The highly civilised norm and optimal flourishing for this people has never and will not occur by happenstance.

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