In many countries, people now wear western-style dress such as suits and jeans rather than traditional clothing. Why is this? Is this a positive or negative development?

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Nowadays most of the
world
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population is adopting
western-style
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fashion
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. The purpose
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doing
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is to make ourselves comfortable and that’s a good thing.
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, on the other side, there is a negative impact on our current and upcoming
generation
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, because we are losing our
tradition
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and
culture
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. In the current time, everyone is trying to wear
western-style
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clothes because those styles are more trendy and more relaxed to wear. Jeans pants,
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suits or T-shirts are usually
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part of
western
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fashion
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. By the
way
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that’s true if we follow
western
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clothing
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we can easily
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in
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western
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community and get a feeling
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part of that society. Whoever follows that
fashion
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,
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people surrounding them start making some irrelevant perception that these people are wealthy and they are more educated and more powerful. It's not bad that we are following
western
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clothing but at the same time, we
have
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keep in
our
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mind that we have our own
culture
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and
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values
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. We have to keep those traditions alive
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, our upcoming generations will not see our
culture
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, what our forefathers made, and that will be the end of that
culture
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. In my
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following completely
western
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culture
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is a negative thing because it is vanishing our own
values
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. But I agree on
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point as well, that to move with the world we cannot completely leave western
fashion
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. We have to keep in mind that we have our
values
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and at least on traditional occasions we have to wear our traditional clothes so in
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way our future generation at least will be connected to our
values
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Make sure that your essay fully addresses all parts of the prompt. In this essay, you have discussed the reasons for wearing western-style dress and explored the positives and negatives of this development. However, you could have provided more specific examples to support your ideas.
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grammatical range
Overall, your essay showcases a good command of grammar. There are some minor grammatical errors throughout the essay, such as incorrect verb usage and word order. Proofread your essay carefully to eliminate these mistakes.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • globalization
  • cultural homogenization
  • western-style dress
  • traditional clothing
  • cosmopolitan
  • modernity
  • fashion preferences
  • cultural identity
  • conformity
  • practicality
  • multinational corporations
  • socio-economic factors
  • cross-cultural
  • cultural appreciation
  • diversity
  • influence
  • heritage
  • textiles
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