Ugh, I think the fashion industry is a sinful waste of time, energy and money that should be destroyed.
Honestly, name one benefit we've gotten from it? All it does is drive consumerism, people buying often ugly **** just to fit in with some stupid trend that will be gone by next month, when they have to go out and drop another $500 bucks per pair of jeans.
And let's not even start on what it's done for people's self esteem. Personally I don't know why some women take it so seriously, but I find it really annoying listening to girls complain that they're so 'fat' when they are already sticks (unfortunately the one's that actually are fat don't seem to think the same...).
What the industry promotes is an artificially created ideal of 'beauty', most fashion models look like pre-teen boys (both males and females).
Kill it off, put the money somewhere more useful, and we'll all be better off except for the handful of gay guys that make a living creating this crap.