How fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for | Kaustav Dey
TED Talks Daily6 Mar 2018

How fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for | Kaustav Dey

No one thinks twice about a woman wearing blue jeans in New York City -- but when Nobel laureate Malala wears them, it's a political act. Around the globe, individuality can be a crime, and clothing can be a form of protest. In a talk about the power of what we wear, Kaustav Dey examines how fashion gives us a nonverbal language of dissent and encourages us to embrace our authentic selves.

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