Changing views on elegance in a costume in the context of aesthetic comprehension

The article examines the phenomenon of “elegance” from the point of view of philosophical aes thetic problems. The author turns to the study of elegance in men’s and women’s costume images from the point of view of the features of classical and feminine elegant styles. These styles were the basis for creating an elegant image throughout the XIX early XX centuries. It is also of interest to determine the factors influencing the ideas of elegance in the XXI century. Designers, borrowing new ideas from youth subcultures, such as, for example, grunge, rethinking them, prepare the ground for changing ideas about elegance, change approaches to creating an image, introduce new stylistic trends, such as, for example, sports chic. The research underlying the article is devoted to the philosophical analysis of changes in the phenomenon of elegance, which includes various aspects of an individual’s existence and is based on the peculiarities of his upbringing environment, cultural and moral attitudes.