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Yes, ugly things exist

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NOTES ON "Get handsome, dress ugly" by Regina Navarro Yes there are ugly things Reflecting on beauty and ugliness, we normally shield ourselves in the idea that there are no ugly things with the easy to remember phrase: "For tastes, colors." Well, in fashion, if there is objective ugliness, it is about seeking to be ugly in order to be attractive. Fashion is ugly and not subjectively but objectively. This is so when we find proposals in which we observe that:      Things that don't go together easily. Colors are mixed that attract too much attention. The author of the article links this trend with the current need to be visible, to be transgressive, forcing fashion and highlighting the image. This causes things to lose value and the current trivialization of fashion ends up harming it. Fashion was born to represent what you want to be and what you want. Consumerism and continuous impacts on social networks lead to consuming "ugly" alternative...