The definition of ethnic is something pertaining to a characteristic of a people who share a common and distinctive culture, religion, or language. You see items from other cultures in fashion all the time. For example, moccasins and feathers that are borrowed from Native American cultures. Kimonos are borrowed from Asian cultures. Many Indian prints are also seen in fashion. Some "ethnic" clothing is not worn everyday though, but maybe brought out for special occasions to dress nice.
These items come about from people traveling and seeing these items in other places and they add them to their wardrobe. It is also seen in the media and people see these fashions and like them so they become popular and are put in designers lines.
I have a pair of moccasins myself and I get a comment on them every time I wear them. Someone once said to me that they were unique shoes that no one often sees. That made me happy because I like to be as original as I can with my dress, I don't ever wear the latest trend, or even know what it is.
Belinda T. Orzada (1999), Twentieth century design: Ethnic Influences. Retrieved September 26, 2008 from http://udel.edu/~orzada/Introduction.htm
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