In Fashion Out of Order: Disruption as a principle, Mink states that ‘“out of order” fashion is, from the outset, a manipulative cry for help. “Out of order” fashion, despite its celebratory grandeur, is the commodified image of misery.’
Even though it is the critique of dominant culture that opened up a conversation about mental health, the critique does not inherently possess a greater value of morality since it is ultimately marketed as a product to be sold and consume at the end of the day.
It doesn't help that with each like and positive feedback on social media, it makes youths even more blindsided to the destructive undertones of slogans on their clothing.
According to Carolyn Mair in The Psychology of Fashion, ‘clothing can influence cognitions by means of a phenomenon which depends on two factors occurring simultaneously: the symbolic meaning of the clothing and the actual wearing of the clothes.’
In other words, wearing apparel with negative undertones is detrimental to the wearer’s mental health as these cognitive pathways leading to negative emotions are repeatedly instilled in the wearer.