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Fashion is one of those things (like etiquette, social norms and maybe religion) that you need to understand to willfully ignore. You're making just as much of
by stse 17y ago
Fashion is one of those things (like etiquette, social norms and maybe religion) that you need to understand to willfully ignore. You're making just as much of a statement by wearing jeans and a t-shirt as someone wearing a suit. For me a truly relaxed view on fashion is when, while other peoples view of you might change with your appearance, your view of yourself never does. Insight over ignorance.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoRevealing information is not the same thing as making a statement. Richard Stallman deliberately tells you his website/etc is powered by free software. You can infer from the http headers of my homepage that it is powered by free software. Stallman is making a statement, my host (NYU) is just not bothering to obfuscate headers. Similarly, a person who wears comfortable, easy clothes is just revealing information. A person who actively selected their clothes based on the message they send is making a statement.
- stse 17y agoEnglish is not my first language and I find it very frustrating when people nitpick on words. The first year of my fashion studies was (more or less) devoted to the meaning of the word 'fashion', but I still manage to understand what people mean by using it. What I meant was statement in the sense of fashion[1], which is the connotation of your clothes, 'reavealing information' as you put it. But if you are deliberately buying geeky t-shirt or 'easy' clothes, you are still making a conscious statement, for example "I'm a geek" and "I prefer comfort over fit". In the event that the selection of your clothes is not deliberate, there's still the connotation of them. For example, with 'easy' clothes some may look at you as a slob, while others sees you as laid back. While you can be outside of the 'fashion system', your clothes still have meaning, to you and to others. If you want to read a proper simile regarding fashion, i.e. not with http headers, I can (almost) recommend the works of Roland Barthes [2]. [1] http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561533193/fashion_statement.html http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561533193/fashion_statemen... [2] http://books.google.com/books?q=roland+barthes+fashion http://books.google.com/books?q=roland+barthes+fashion
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