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What do your clothes say about you?   I asked this question recently on line and I got some interesting responses.  For some it‘s all about comfort and ease.  For others it is about making a statement, fabulousity.  Some even went as far as to say their clothes say everything about who they are. 

I think you can tell a lot about a person just by the clothes they are wearing.   When I am out in the city I tend to really pay attention to what others are wearing.  It’s not so I can critique them but to maybe get an insight into their lives.  I know it sounds a little strange.  I think of it as fashion research. 

Why was it that when we were in grade school all the way through to high school, our clothes said so much about who we were?  Often kids were made fun of because maybe they didn’t have the latest shoes or clothes.  In my day if you wore shoes from Payless you were tormented.  If you were known to have bought clothes from Kmart, that was grounds for laughing and pointing at you.  It also meant you were not wealthy.  If you came from money and could afford more expensive clothes you didn’t want to be labeled a “poser”, only buying that outfit because you are trying to follow the trends of the popular kids.  We enter this fashion rat race until we graduate from high school.  Once you leave high school, all of that doesn’t matter anymore.  

Clothes are just clothes. They are pieces of material that are sewn together.  They don’t last forever.  They only mean as much value as we put into them.  Clothes are not expensive to make.  Just ask anyone in the industry and they will tell you.  Why do clothes speak so boldly when they have no mouth to speak from?  Are we all done with labels?  Do we secretly in the back of our minds still judge those who are not fashion forward?

Your clothes say whatever you want them to say.  It’s open to your own interpretation.  Sometimes they say, I am single and have disposable income.  Sometimes they say, I am a married with children and to some they say nothing.  Whatever category you fall into, rely on your character as human beings to say who we are and not the materials on our backs.