Wednesday, August 24, 2016

What messages do you think you send through your clothing? What about other people? What messages do you think they send through the clothes they wear?

Fashion is just like any other art form, expressing yourself through whatever you're doing, whether it be on canvas or in writing. But the difference is, you can keep what you create private and conceal it from the public eye if you want. Fashion is public, everyone you see, sees what you wear and can make assumptions of who you are based on your outfit. Like when I plan outfits, it is expressing myself, but not my whole self, just a small part of it. It all depends on what vibe I want to put out there. Sometimes I get in that particularly motivated mood to you know, look hot af. I'll make sure my outfit is on-point with these leggings I have with this ribbed detailing on the knees, this one shirt that's cut up the sides(I actually did that myself but my whole style hacks is a whole other blog entree), my favorite army jacket, and of course this baddie outfit isn't finished without my all-white Adidas SuperStars(love them sooo much, they step up every outfit by like 10 notches especially if I'm wearing street wear). I actually have a picture of it so I'll put that in here.

Okay, but I'm getting off topic, I guess the message I try to send is that myself, as a person has finally figured out their style and maybe a little intimidating at first(I have a bad case of RBF), especially when I'm in my street wear inspired outfits. But then there's other days like yesterday, okay now I need to put in that story. So this student teacher dude in my class made all the girls with long hair scrunchies so is they forget a hair tie, he can give us one to put our hair up when were in the sewing room. I'm usually not a fan of scrunchies but when I got this red scrunchy with this sort of cartoon floral pattern on it.... I FELL IN LOVE. Planned a whole outfit around it, it was awesome(really wish I had a picture to put in here). But yeah, that look was super fun and I completely picked up the vibe the outfit was giving off. Like I was unusually enthusiastic and energized while at school and I just looked and acted like someone people would want to be friends with. That was a really cool change, it was fun, and I looked like someone who didn't hate everyone for a day. Again, the whole message thing changes day to day, but I hope my outfits are somewhat inspiring to people. You know that saying "fake it till you make it", that's what I do everyday. My outfits definitely have more confidence than me but hey, people think I'm confident because of them so that's good message to be giving off. 

It's completely different when I see other people and think about their vibe. It's actually kind of funny listening to me talk about other people's outfits because I never say anything negative I just sort of think about what kind of music they listen to or other random stuff. And when I see a girl or a guy in an outfit that just looks so bomb I just longingly stare at them, wishing I was friends with them because they just look so cool and I want to be cool like them and I want to hang out with them and borrow their clothes and I wonder if they like my clothes maybe we could swap. I don't know, just stuff like that. But I'm just too shy and get that whole "ugh I'm so annoying" feeling and try to just accept the fact that I will never see them again and their amazing outfit will become a distant memory.... oh well. 

And thems the facts.
*creds to the genius who started saying this at the end of every Wikipedia page

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