Being Yourself: Your Clothing and You

Being Yourself: Your Clothing and You

            Appearance, to many people is a great thing, to others it’s everything, and to some it’s nothing. Some love the way they look and want to look good for everyone else, while others could care less how they looked to others. For many, it is a healthy balance in between borderline obsession for appearance, and not wanting to look like you just woke up outside the school and walked in to start your school day.

            For myself, it is in between these two extremes. I actually really enjoy dressing up and looking nice, because quite frankly, I enjoy good looking clothes. Clothes that attract my attention, make me really want to get them right then and there. Unfortunately my budget doesn’t really fit the quota of most fancy clothes that I want. So in that scenario, I settle for a less nice set of clothes but still have some good fashion to them, so that I can feel like I look nice. This doesn’t necessarily mean I am obsessed however, because I know several people that are beyond obsessed because it seems all they obtain in life is new clothes and nothing else, and they seem fine with it. I have pinned down clothing as part of the social classes and issues we have with confidence today. I will admit I feel more confident and somewhat cooler if I’m wearing clothes that I feel good in, and that’s because society made it that way. This also makes me think that bad clothing deteriorates from someone’s good heart and fun personality, just because they look a certain way. If you saw a man in a suit sitting on the corner of a street looking lonely as opposed to a homeless man in tatters for clothing, who would you most likely go up to? It sorta makes me sad how we are so used to some things in life that we ignore simple injustices like this one. If a man wears a nice t-shirt as opposed to a ratty one does that make him more attractive? If an attractive girl is wearing revealing clothes with nice hair as opposed to someone attractive who can barely cloth themselves and has uncombed hair, who would look better to you? I’m bringing awareness to this because it’s not fair to anybody, it destroys character, a nice jacket or pair of jeans doesn’t define who a person is, it doesn’t make them any more or less kind or funny. A good crop top and some yoga pants doesn’t make a girl a sweet person, it’s who they are as a person, not the cloth they wear on their backs.          

            I wanna tell you guys that you don’t always have to look good to impress others. It’s not worth your time if people judge you by what you wear, because that just means it isn’t who you should hang out with in the first place. Don’t let your clothes define you, let you define you, and let your personality speak for itself. Be you, the real you, not the artificial you that is seen on social media or in snippets of magazines. I guarantee you will be beautiful/handsome in your own way. As always guys, its great writing to you. Love you all. Goodnight.