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THE ENIGMA OF FASHION

Of all the pressures young people face, the most pernicious is that of fashion.

By this is meant the current vogue in dress.

The teenagers, who are so glib when they speak of “individuality,” are turned into a homogeneous mass by the latest craze in fashion.

How can youngsters who vehemently resist advice from the older generation become so malleable in the hands of those who “make” fashion? Perhaps the sudden shifts in fashion occur fortuitously.

Or is there some group who, through legerdemain, switches styles and customs on us right before our eyes? Today’s teenagers seem to be quite gullible when it comes to embracing the latest trend in fashions.

But then, they have their elders as sage examples to follow.