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Why do we design other buildings than concrete cubes? Why do we plant trees on the side of the road? Why do we put paintings in our hallways? Why do we paint our walls anything other than hospital grey? Why do websites have CSS? Why do we gift each other flowers?
Esthetics, self-expression, culture. Fashion is the most personal form of self-expression, it should not be a surprise that people care about it so much.
I don't care if you wear socks and sandals, you don't have an obligation to partake in cultural norms, but going all the way around to "fashion is stupid and clothes are just there for wind protection" is nihilistic beyond usefulness.
Clothes have function over style. If you pick style over function, you're in for a bad time.
They still build buildings with a strong foundation regardless of how pretty it looks...function Over style still wins.
Trees provide protection from sun. Function over style.
It depends.
Shop clothes/yellow jacket? All function (usually).
Literally any clothes when it's 30+ °C outside? Style/cultural norms.
Most situations sit somewhere in the middle, but most people care at least a little bit about style. It's not a fight, and I don't understand why you frame it as such. It's perfectly possible to wear functional clothes that also fit and with colors that don't clash (actually most people who say they don't like fashion have ill-fitting clothes, which is less functional).