Has Fashion Become More About Digital Identity Than Real Life?

[Urvashi]

With digital fashion, virtual wearables and metaverse brands on the rise, are fashion choices less about how we live and more about how we present online? What does that mean for physical self‑expression?

 

[Nomad]

I think fashion has always been about how we present ourselves to the world rather than who we are or what we represent. It is not just related to use of digital fashion items, fashion industry as a whole work on the idea of making ourselves presentable.

 

[Lolita]

It feels like fashion today is often shaped more by online presence than everyday reality. People dress to photograph well, match aesthetics, or build a personal brand on social media. Digital identity pushes trends faster than real-life practicality, and sometimes appearance online matters more than how clothes function in daily life.