Whatever your opinion on pornography is – it has impacted your life in one way or another. The internet has put porn within reach of anyone with a computer or smartphone – millions watch it, some are addicted to it, but you might be surprised to find out that many of the fashion trends you see in the world today got their beginnings in some cheap adult entertainment. That might not be the piece of information you were looking for, but it’s indeed the truth. Furthermore, the line between porn and fashion seems to have been blurred, for lack of a better word. Over the years, fashion has become equated more and more with sexuality, as evidenced by overly sexualized models and photoshoots. We have porn to thank for what seems to be a yearly trend in skimpier and skimpier outfits, luscious fur coats and even current trends in makeup and cosmetic care, as we will look at a bit later. Let’s go a little deeper into just how the porn industry has affected world fashion.
Let’s start with the subtle but perhaps overlooked fact that many fashion photoshoots are, well, porn. Think about the so called fashion photos you’ve seen, or even videos of beautiful people dawning new lines of clothing on the runways in Paris or New York. Most of them are shot in a completely seductive manner which puts emphasis on the sexual aspects, more than anything else. You can call this fashion, but its really just porn. What we now see as fashion, would have been buried in a dark, musty smelling adult entertainment shop a few short decades ago. I’m not saying this is right or wrong morally, it’s just how it is. Want more proof? Check out one of the many online ‘games’ which asks players to guess whether or not an image/video is porn or fashion. You’ll be wrong more than you think! Try this out for yourself (be very careful if you’re at work).
Pornography’s influence has seeped into more than just what people wear, even makeup has been influenced by porn’s ever grasping reach. Some of the latest and most popular trends in makeup got their start in – you guessed it – porn. The list goes on, fake eyelashes and nails, bikini waxes, spray on tans and let’s not forget breast implants, are all characteristics of a porn star that are becoming common place in the girls next door all over the world.
Whether you like it or not, porn has become mainstream in today’s society. It’s influences are everywhere. This does put a lot of pressure on young people, specifically girls but even boys are not immune to the social pressure that porn has put on the fashion industry. Everything from the shear amount of products you are ‘supposed’ to put in your hair to the strange, new clothes that have most of their beginnings in the not so hidden world of pornography.
What society labels as hot and sexy has changed a lot. Do we want our kids following the trends set by porn stars? No, and most of us would never let that happen knowingly. This just shows how subtle porn’s influence is and how it slowly crept in as an everyday part of society. What do you think – is this a danger for the next generation or will it pass just like many fashion fads do? Let us know your thoughts in the section below and next time you utter the phrase “we never would have worn that when we were kids” just remember that you have pornography to thank for that!