The Fashion Industry’s influence on a woman’s style has been somewhat imbalanced. Every season women from all walks of life, buy countless fashion magazines to keep them on the pulse of high fashion. The travesty is that most of the fashions that are created do not represent the “average woman.”

The everyday working woman or stay at home mom, tends to forget that they look nothing like the mannequin in the store. So they rush in to their favorite stores to buy the “must haves, “ before anyone else. Although there are some educated consumers who will wait for sales or search for the most unique pieces they can get their hands on.

Individuality should be the most important influence on a woman’s style. So why does the fashion Industry’s trends determine what we spend our money on? The answer is our inability to embrace our individuality or in other words it’s simply need for acceptance.

Women have always been obsessed about their appearance, and the strong desire for the approval of others.

Since God did not create all women to be amazons, Super Models or Super Stars, He must like variety. There has always been a huge gap between what the models are wearing on the catwalk verses what’s being worn to work. But a change has come.

Designers can now see the big picture. They have shifted their focus to the “Real Woman.” The everyday mothers, daughters, and sisters have tremendous buying power, and a strong desire to be fashionable.

Some of the most sought after fashion designers like Isaac Mizrahi, have decided to bridge the gap. Isaac’s clothes are now being sold in Target departments stores. Target also carries high quality make-up lines. Every woman can experience the look and feel of well made clothes. You to can have clean lines, great fabrics and styles that accentuate all of the real live Divas.

By Michelle McAllister, Writer, The Church Online