Relationship Between Cultural Capital and Youth's Tendency Towards Fashion (Difference Between Girls and Boys)

This research explores the relationship between cultural capital and its different aspects and youth’s tendency to fashion. This study also tries to answer if there is any difference between female and male youth in their tendency towards fashion. To answer these questions, 415 young adults - between 18 to 29 years old- of Shiraz were selected as the sample of the study. The theories of Radical Feminists, Veblen and Bourdieu were used as the theoretical framework of the research. Regarding Radical feminists analyses, there was a difference between young male and female adults in their tendency towards fashion. This hypothesis was rejected by the results of the research. From Veblen's analysis, the independent variable of “need for prestige “was drawn. The results of the research showed no correlation between “need for prestige “and "tendency towards fashion“. From Bourdieu's analysis, the independent variable of “cultural capital " was drawn. The results of the research showed a positive correlation between the institutionalized and the embodied forms of cultural capital and tendency to fashion.