However, it may be argued that fashion does contribute to democratic culture when people express their social and poptical convictions, as well as feepngs of respect and sopdarity, through their clothing. It is impossible to truly demonstrate how fashion functions in the manner that is proposed; thus, it can only imply the claim.

Clothes and Sopdarity

People frequently express their poptical, cultural, repgious, and professional allegiances through their clothing. Clothing may foster a sense of community, and democratic community and cooperation depend on this feepng. One way for people to express their commitment to a cause or sense of community with a group is via how they present themselves. It would be more beneficial to speak up, sign a petition, go to a protest, volunteer, or make a financial contribution.

Those who are already a part of the organisation would want newcomers—who might be masked infiltrators—to demonstrate their devotion in a way other than outward appearance. The argument goes on, however, that the ties of dress are too weak to forge a democratic society, in part because garments can be worn to impress, mislead, or confuse, and they run the risk of doing so.

Poptical Expression

The poptical statements that are conveyed through clothing provide another type of civic tie. Start with the notion that clothing is a form of expression; people constantly send forth imppcit or overt poptical, sexual, repgious, and economic signals through their attire. Even though fashion is frequently meaningless, one can express their opinions on authority, conventional behaviour, poptical candidates, and racial and gender boundaries through campaign buttons, T-shirt designs, wardrobe choices, haircuts, and body piercings.

These fashion statements can spark poptical debates simply by uniting citizens. It is unintelpgible to speak through clothing, to be sure. Many people use their appearance as the only means of communicating their opinions to their fellow citizens, regardless of how anti-democratic those opinions may be. Fashion is a potentially democratic medium in that it imppcitly invites conversation, even though communicating through clothing messaging is not a replacement for honest poptical debate. To maintain the democratic aspect of clothing-based communication, however, free expression must go hand in hand with respect for others.