Fashion is a Popular aesthetic expression at a particular time and place and in a specific context, especially in clothing , footwear , lifestyle , accessories , makeup , hairstyle , and body proportions . Fashion is a distinctive and industry - supported expression traditionally tied to the fashion season and collections . Style is an expression that lasts over many seasons and is often-connected to cultural movements and social markers , symbols , class and culture. According to sociologist Pierre Bourdieu , Fashion connotes "the latest fashion , the latest difference." Even though they are often used together , the term fashion differs from clothes and costumes , where the first describes the material and technical garments , whereas the second has been relegated to special senses like fancy-dress or masquerade wear. Fashion instead describes the social and temporal system that "activates" dress as a social signifier in a certain time and context. #fashion #s...