Considering that Simmel wrote his work on fashion over one-hundred years ago, why do you think the United States (and world) has currently a large fashion industry? What is it about fashion which prov

Considering that Simmel wrote his work on fashion over one-hundred years ago, why do you think the United States (and world) has currently a large fashion industry? What is it about fashion which provides it staying power in our society even when thinkers such as Simmel provide a deeper sociological understanding of the concept to us?