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

Nowadays,

people

worldwide prefer wearing clothes that are brought from western countries, including suits and jeans,

instead

of wearing their traditional clothing. In

this

essay, I will highlight how

media

plays a huge role in

this

trend and why I consider it to be a negative development. Perhaps the most important cause of individuals from different nations adopting a western clothing style is the fact that

media

glorify and portray it as the pedestal in the world of

fashion

.

In other words

,

people

are being brainwashed and significantly influenced by advertisements and the

fashion

programs aired on TV or the internet, trying to teach

people

the right way to be elegant and stylish.

For example

, most Hollywood celebrities are painted as

fashion

icons that everyone should follow and copy.

Hence

, societies from different backgrounds try to follow the

fashion

updates defined by the

media

.

This

trend is the reason that many cultures are at risk of extension because the younger generation no longer wants to wear their ''outdated'' traditional clothing. If youngsters do not see the worth of their heritage and chose to put on the latest clothes worn by fashionable celebrities from the western world,

then

their identity will

also

disappear.

For instance

, in Morocco

people

will look at you weirdly if you wear a traditional Moroccan dress to work or to school since likely those dresses are confined to special occasions

such

as weddings or engagement parties.

Thus

, adopting

such

a trend has a detrimental effect on

people

's history since not only individuals are trying to fit into a

fashion

standard created by westerns themselves but

also

it made them feel ashamed of their heritages. In conclusion, many

people

from different parts of the world chose western clothing over their traditional ones mainly because they got influenced by the

media

that promote it.

This

is bad development which threatens the variety of cultures and heritages.