Posted by kat on September 03, 2002 at 17:47:52:
In Reply to: Re: ladies wearing dresses.... posted by john on September 01, 2002 at 16:02:18:
: : : I love the beautiful embroidered saris and also kimonos. Wearable art. Seems like the blue-jean generation tries to wear the most boring clothes possible--even I like the Gap, but you know what I mean. Reminds me of the poem, "When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple." Does anyone have a copy of that poem?
: : : I do like the variety we have here, though. I enjoy matching, or changing, my mood with my clothing. If I am having one of those PMS days, the ones where I feel fat and ugly and pimply and wrinkly and old, I wear silk, or a sleek business suit. And full makeup. Changes my mood instantly. When I feel a little wild, I wear red, or my black zip-up shirt. When I feel at peace, or just want to be pretty, I wear blue.
: : : I feel sorry for men. I was at Disney on Ice today, and in the grand finale, each "Prince" wore a completely different style from history. They wore white embroidered with gold, and they were all so classy and lovely. Modern men don't have much choice. It makes me happy to see people like Dave Smith wearing color and texture. Go Dave!
: : yeah! clothing, makeup, hairstyles absolutely should relect outwardly what's going on inside. (i'm not referring to a daily mood, necessarily, as much as i mean a reflection of the personality.) i have to agree with your comment about men's clothing, quequel. it seems they get shorted a lot of the time. but it doesn't have to be that way...throughout history men have enjoyed a large variety of very beautiful fashions as well as headwear. hey, maybe some of you guys could start a new trend!
: I totally agree about men's clothes. There is very little variety in the commercial fashions. That's why I'm fortunate to have family that are skilled at making clothes. I design, they create. Great deal. I think clothing should reflect the personality first, but also the environment, both naturally and practically (leather in August-- forget it), and I also think we should use clothing to represent who we are as a group/clutural/sub-cultural identity. Like it or not people judge us according to our clothes and we should be conscious of this. It can definitely make a difference in how you relate to people who don't know you, and it could save your life one day. I'm not saying change clothes to try to fit in, but exactly the opposite, be conscious of what your dress identifies with and make sure you want to make that statement.
: For example, as a young country boy, I wore a custom designed denim jacket with a large confederate flag surmounted by an eagle, it had nothing to do with racism, and I proved that with harsh words and fists from time to time. But eventually I began to see that it wasn't worth fighting over and figured if i was going to make a statement it better be something worth defending. Now the jacket bears a large red cross.
: Also, a pet peeve of mine, why do we make trademarks into fashion symbols? All you do is become walking advertising to line some already over-rich guy's pocket.
Tell me about it, the kids are so caught up in wearing the designer labels they don't even care how ugly the clothes are as long as you can plainly see the designer name.
Over priced crap! I abhore labels (well except for Levi's, but that's different)