How fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for | Kaustav Dey

[@jonson11122]

The essence of this talk is freedom. Fashion is just one way to express that freedom. We in the west must appreciate it more. And in the east and south they must embrace it.

[@ItinerantIntrovert]

Except freedom is an empty word. It signifies nothing real. There are positive and negative freedoms. There are moral freedoms and constitutional freedoms and on and on. But the real implications behind the "east and the south" embracing "freedom" like you say is a trap, and that trap is opening up markets to western investors and breaking down tariffs and protections of labor in third world countries. Its what they call promoting a "free market" but its nothing more than a term that signifies what benefits a small number of extremely wealthy investors in western countries.

[@jonson11122]

@Kyle Wit - No, freedom is very definite and real. Read the "four freedoms" speech by Franklin Roosevelt. Also in the talk you can hear the lack of freedom to dress as you want without being harassed or even murdered (as heard in the talk). Or for example freedom to learn and the fact of attempted murder of Malala fighting for girls rights for education. Freedom is very real especially when you experience tyranny personally, then you know that freedom is something real and definite. I agree that word "freedom" can be misused as you warned in the case of economy. But I was referring to freedom as it can defined as "the power to determine action without restraint". Of course that means not to hurt other human beings.

[@benedetta8001]

“I discovered the power of fashion. Fashion can communicate the differences to the world for us. With this simple act of truth I realised that differences stop to be our shame and they became our expressions, expressions of a very unique identity. We should express ourselves wearing what we want.” Love your speech and your story 💚 thanks for sharing.

[@김재인-y7w]

When i was young, I always had my belief of fashion’s power for self expression, self esteem and change(in this video, society prejudice and pressure). And now i major in fashion, accidently saw this video, sooooo glad to meet someone thinking and giving a speech about that subject. All i wanna talk to you is just thanks and i can say my word more clearly to others who didnt understand me🙂

[@noodlepoodleoddle]

Powerful. I love how he approached this topic and crafted his speech!

[@ItinerantIntrovert]

hes a con artist

[@filipasargaco4567]

This was really beautiful, it reminded me what a gift it is to be able to wear what I want, because not everyone has that choice Thank you so much!

[@tolacyrusray6888]

This is not about only fashion It’s all about being yourself do what you love and be different ..

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

2.1M views lol. Look T the fashion world.

[@JadeManatee]

This is the Ted talk I didn't know I needed in my life. Amazing.

[@Tiredprincessss]

I'll be wearing my blue lipstick tomorrow

[@abhishekrana4360]

highly underrated comment

[@aayushijoshua5206]

I have no words.. I'm just gonna say it's the most beautiful video I have even seen in my 20 years❤ Learnt so much, related to so much, thanked God for so much and prayed for so many.. Just loved it🤍

[@itsbritneybish]

he is such a powerful speaker

[@GameGround]

Wow, love this guy! Who'd have thought a speech about clothes could be this moving.

[@Zerodero]

As a 17 year old girl I feel the same, I always wear button ups, longer pants, and I don’t wear shorts, I don’t even own them, I’ve never had friends and I was never able to fit in, but I enjoy and embrace the ability to match, and be called stylish without having to worry about people staring at my bottom, I know that at least people want to talk to me for my personality instead of a horrible desire to peruse and interact with people solely to gain something. What an inspiring story to know that people who don’t fit that horrid box of squareness can always find solace in the way they present themselves to the world, and not solely for others enjoyment, but uniquely for their own.

[@thekajalflaneur]

This is extremely powerful. Wear our courage and embrace our freedom.

[@elysion3356]

Very insperational talk! Made me more grateful about my free choice of what I am wearing and may all those who died because of this will rest in peace 🕊

[@777weeks]

Fashion is art art is advertisement unless you cover it up inadvertently a statement can be madr we can't control. Color is vibration vibration is motion and sometimes motion can be blind. I believe this man is blessed I am amazed at how inside and out he knows his stuff. It runs even deeper then the undesired stains of a color and inspiration for better day through by view. This is about heart and human ethics. Though it is true people are limited to there regons and laws. I believe we all shine brightly and fashion is more about how we execute actions and arts within our cultures. Things wouldn't matter if nothing could stand out. Lol this is going nowhere I'm done

[@mjnyc8655]

I recall reading a book written in the seventies, Dress for Success, in which the author specifies a narrow range of mens clothing for those who seek to be upwardly mobile.

[@tama12177]

I wish people stop hating people cuz they dont like how those people look ... their style doesnt matter we should be kind with them as long as they dont hurt anyone

[@sensibleone3268]

Exactly couldn't agree more It gets on my goat that there are places in the world where you can legally be murdered just for choosing to be free. No one has the right to tell anyone how they can dress, what gives them the civil right to do that It's the content of character that matters

[@DonCorleoneGER]

what an absolute legend!

[@nataliehewitt731]

So eloquent and powerful. Stand up, stand out 🙏

[@rosie6362]

Amazing! Expressing myself by fashion is joyful for me:)

[@evelynamaralgarcia1864]

You are fantastic!!

[@h4hodge115]

stand out and be noticed

[@AirElegant]

Old fashion sometimes can be a new fashion trend.

[@nadp5541]

Precious 12 minutes in my life!!!

[@dsstudio76]

Fashion are not just trends. Some people don’t know the difference. E muito mais abrangente do que isso! It’s more than that.

[@Dr.physioAli]

Never thought in this way about clothing and fashion 👌

[@dandybubble9098]

Excellent TED...…. Thankyou

[@cloudstrife7349]

This guy is really cool!

[@firstnamealina]

Incredible talk!

[@jacebeleren3591]

I want to hear more of him. This was powerful.

[@nathanpaul8558]

Well done good speech I was asked to do I speech about fashion the science behind it, and your speech just put the cherry on the top! Thanks

[@dylanG6683]

Thank you for sharing your views 🙏

[@smitagaur2983]

So amazing! 💫

[@anitarono4050]

Good Speech

[@DeepSeaAf]

sometimes its better to wrong than right

[@umsrum]

I never thing about fashion as freedom but now I will

[@vidyagorhe-kulkarni3496]

Nice and thanku so much

[@JuniorSantos-td7pr]

Gostei bastante do vídeo

[@gracel6218]

Amazing 💛

[@mhtinla]

His handkerchief is so shiny I forget what he's talking about.

[@zahraahamid7107]

A freedom worth fighting for Inspiring !

[@raduaurelian]

You can't really know who you are even if wear what you want. What you really are can not be express in any way or another. We can express only the role we play.

[@vincent.sung-vinlee6104]

I like TED

[@arvindiyer4995]

Good one Kaustav

[@ANoNiM0us3]

The message is good, but I don't really care too much for fashion. I'd rather be characterized when talked to than characterized when silent and viewed

[@mhtinla]

I work with a group of engineers who wear practical clothes everyday and could care less about fashion. They express themselves through devotion to work. It's a beautiful thing.

[@ANoNiM0us3]

mhtinla Precisely

[@samanthamay6714]

Why can't it be both though? I work with women in my styling who are broken or have a very low view of themselves for a variety of reasons, whether its illness, the world telling them they don't have value, and other personal struggles. When you try on something that feels like you at your best, and you feel your confidence suddenly lifting, it is a wonderful thing to watch too. There is nothing shallow or wrong with using clothes to express who you are to the world, and it takes a great deal of bravery for so many when you have so many messages telling you to be or act a certain way. Fashion can be meaningful, and when you give thought to your pieces and appreciate them as a form of creativity, it can be special too. Not for other people, but for yourself. I know when I got sick I became very disillusioned with my body, I didn't feel good about myself. Then fashion became this wonderful tool of self expression, and I saw that it had transformative power too. It could be as simple as feeling at ease in jeans, sneakers, a tee and a beautifully tailored blazer, accessorised in your own unique way. Or a beautiful long maxi dress paired with vintage jewellery and pieces that have sentimental value. We express our thoughts and feelings through every visual medium imaginable (from art to food), and logically fashion should be reclaimed in that way too. :)

[@lightblue4009]

@@samanthamay6714 Do you think that the weather and where you live and how the area around you is like makes you feel like wearing clothes that match with it or contrast with the clolours of the sky or the types of byildings you see. If so do you think clothing should be made to fit a certain atmosphere that can also bring a positive change in how you feel when you wear an outfit.

[@KingOfDowntown19]

The problem here lies in having to express yourself so bad that you need to look like your vision of yourself

[@NgaNguyen-qj8jb]

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[@EuDouArteHipHopArtCulture21]

live forever '' one love

[@777weeks]

Talk about owning it ^^

[@larrywolf2509]

Fashion - Now you can be _just like everyone else!_

[@sobrokeboi]

Larry Wolf pessimist much ?

[@TheLivirus]

Fashion is like facebook. It provides us with an opportunity to tell a story about ourselves as someone else than we really are.

[@sketchingstudio5552]

I like to think of my clothes as an outer representation of my inner personality- something I don't let people see often as I'm incredibly shy. Wearing clothes that I like, and in turn "wearing" my personality, definitely helps me not feel as anxious. Fashion can indeed be used to pretend we're something we're not, but it can also be used to let people know who we are. It's up to us to choose.

[@brettneuberger6466]

Powerful talk! Thank you.

[@tolacyrusray6888]

I was the same when I was young

[@balaraja1146]

Plz add english subtitles in videos

[@TheLivirus]

*People of India: buy more clothes from **_Tommy Hilfiger_** in revolt against oppressive tradition!*

[@sailorprecure9414]

Awesome thank you

[@leeolsson5271]

So amazing!

[@seigiaiko9340]

wow

[@vaibhavtlv6458]

How does this have so less views?

[@MajkaSrajka]

Is it really how fashion help us express, or how clothing does it?

[@mchlbk]

The fashion industry is *extremely* polluting and offers appalling conditions for workers in 3rd world countries.

[@Cheerok]

Clothing can also be used to manipulate people. Never forget, what he says can also be used to deceive you.

[@ananthalakshmibattula6948]

Love it

[@mechanicalakhil]

Indeed find meaning in the most mundane and stupid.

[@untukanda7780]

Sharing donk bos

[@hoangkimviet8545]

I'm slways serious with my clothes :0

[@dsstudio76]

Hoàng Kim Việt how about living without them if they’re not that important?!! ✂️👗😉

[@Mr_-Heisenberg]

Little Brown Rockstar 😂

[@IpsitDhal]

just wow.....

[@ashnahkhalidkhan2244]

Dude, did I just see Idris Elba in the audience???? 👀

[@mariejuana5509]

Qui est français et regarde cette video pour un travail en anglais ? 😜

[@stranger4516]

2:51

[@yellooh]

Like is complex.

[@flohbabbel5975]

Wer macht das auch fürs Abi?

[@LughSummerson]

Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking? I mean, maybe we should be doing something more meaningful with our lives. Like helping people.

[@ItinerantIntrovert]

I plan on finding out what that is

[@denixsx8971]

alguem ae fazendo a tarefa do prof skskskskkaksk

[@TheLivirus]

The fashion industry started pushing the idea that we should express our inner selves through clothing by the early 1920's. Why are we hearing this crap repeated on a TED stage in 2018 by the head of marketing for Tommy Hilfiger (india)?

[@ItinerantIntrovert]

Because they'll do literally anything for a stock boost

[@conformist]

I wear Supreme or BAPE. Everything else sucks.

[@abelpaduret]

ChestnutRic3 you

[@Vinicius-ow4qk]

Cadê os brasileiros meu povo kkkkkkk

[@FeliksFeliksson]

fashion is the art of expressing yourself by wearing whatever someone else tells you to wear

[@aaronrosenberg6633]

Is that how you dress?

[@mialibbey2747]

Nope

[@sebastiendorschner5973]

I have the answer to that ! it does not help you for anything else than throwing your cash away. if everybody follows fashion then everybody is the same. you only express your wish to be part of something, not to be who you are. Right ?

[@annakoshel8051]

i think that fashion is only suggesting you to consider wearing something different, something that you havent tried before. And this is awesome)) to be honest, there are really a few people in the world who really wear at least 20% of fashion trends. In every season there are at least couple of trends that fit in your own style, so fashion isnt about being like everyone else, its about trying something new, unexpected and unusual

[@saurabhvartak1992]

What nonsense are you talking?? Just because few of them behave like illiterates, it doesn’t make the whole community like that. My grandmother never wore white because she’s a widow. You are portraying as if India is still living in 1900.

[@saadalaoui7863]

LVVG

[@mycount64]

fashion is shallow... fashion represents what we think we are or want to be not who we are on the inside. It is veneer.

[@sobrokeboi]

I think it differs for people, I don’t choose the clothes I wear because they are trending I wear clothes coz I like them and even if I did follow clothing trends that would be my choice and it’s a culture that people love because it makes them feel good about themselves even if you don’t agree with it.

[@mialibbey2747]

Fashion can and should be an art of expression, like any form of art is used to express who we feel we are

[@vnts.6236]

1tid4 l'ekip

[@mountain-view310]

However... however...

[@mariamoreno9978]

4th 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽

[@arthurcollel2820]

Vacial

[@andymcmahon6096]

Second :(

[@emilvonschwartzenberg4339]

Why is he wearing a suit and talking about fashion...? Didn't watch the video, sure he's going to explain.

[@tolacyrusray6888]

First

[@Nate-zj8vj]

However

[@ob2395]

Not an idea worth spreading. Awful speech, awful delivery. Probably the worst TED talk I’ve seen.

[@brettneuberger6466]

Powerful talk! Thank you.