You can't argue that fashion is discriminative as a totality by itself unless first and foremost we understand why as a unique person you decide to dress in a certain manner.
Now we do know that certain people dress in a given style and fashion as a way of identity and to feel the sense of belonging. If we then take this as the only basis to judge fashion and discrimination then I would be right to argue that in this particular scenario then a given group of people will be more inclined to accept others who dress just like them and will be more likely to avoid people who don't.
This is why when you are working for a fortune 500 company and you happen to be an executive, most people, clients and customers will expect employees of such a company to dress in a formal way while on official duties. I think if one show up on Monday with shorts and t-shirt and tennis shoes, most likely don't be surprised if other co-workers turn heads or you receive a quick reprimand from the human resource department.
The region where one comes from will also tend to influence on how people in that region dress and therefore fit more easily within that community as opposed to an outsider clinging to his or her own way of dressing / fashion that may in some occasion lead to how people treat them. This as you know may lead to some sought of subtle discrimination. I'm sure if you keep going to the beach dressed up on an official business suite, you will be more likely to raise eye-brows.
Groups and peers especially the teenagers are more likely to poke and make fun of another teenager who dressed in an old fashioned or weird way than the rest of the other peers do, which will also form a basis of discrimination.
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