AT T I T U D E S
On Dressing: Reasoning style
Clothes are an art-form,
said a friend once, justifying her
latest sweater purchase. “I’m
expressing myself here.” We all
laughed, knowing she was
simply trying to ease her own
conscience, but none of us
disagreed. It was as if she was
saying “my style (or expres
sion) is wearing expensive
wool,” and who could refute
that?
Indeed if joan’s premise is
valid, as many are convinced it
is, then anyone who wears
clothes is an artist, exhibiting
his or her work nonstop.
In the United States and many
countries, clothes and ac
cessories are considered a sort
of packaging; our own in
dividual tags. Like the Camp
bell’s soup labels that catch our
attention before we even con
sider the mushy noodles inside,
clothing on strangers often at
tracts or repels us.
Indeed, we are impressed by
what one is wearing before hav
ing the chance to listen to what
that person is saying; we often
evaluate people we don't know
by how they are dressed... no
matter how many times our
mothers told us not to “judge a
book by its cover.”
Is it a fair assessment?
Sometimes. Rarely.
Mislead by art, we may in
advertantly disregard the artist
— an unfortunate oversight, but
one that’s not easily avoided.
The best and most honest
style is that which is in
dividualized, which reflects a
unique personality and
lifestyle.
No single designer or
clothing company should
assume to dictate what others
wear, just as no one should
allow himself or herself to be
coerced by group thought into
wearing something that doesn’t
fit — a style that doesn’t belong
on his or her particular torso.
Body shapes are as unique as
thumbprints. Some clothes can
only be worn on long, lean
bodies, while others are
necessarily more versatile and
pragmatic. . . created for the rest
of us. Not everyone looks good
in stick-leg jeans or clinging
sweater-dresses. The best
dressed students are varying
what they wear to project their
individual personalities, goals,
attitudes and experiences.
What is important is that we
do indeed say what we feel
about ourselves, our environ
merit and the way we spend our
time, by the way we dress —
whether we like it or not.
Although we care in varying
degrees about what we as in
dividuals put on in the morn
ing, each of us has the power to
control the image we project.
And at a University where
we’re all being taught to think
for ourselves, it’s refreshing to
see people dressing as in
dividuals. ..instead of
catalogue carbon copies.
Kim Carlson
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