Monday, July 7, 2008

you tell me.




What do you think about the role of function in clothing? What about when clothes become a tool? Should clothes be functional before they are nice to look at?

e.g. sportswear (Olympics), farmers, firefighters, sleepy University students

If clothes only serve a practical purpose, why wear them in the Bahamas, in a moviehouse, or in your livingroom?
If clothes are only meant to accentuate your looks, why not wear lingerie all day? Yes, a rather vulgar notion, but the point is, many sheep conform to society without knowing why, and your answers will help to jolt them out of their dull reverie.




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2 comments:

Janie Kamenar said...

score on the brown and grey look in the third picture. when brown and grey is done well, it is so much love.

to me, clothes are a tool of my tongue; a surrogate for telling people things about my personality and mood that can't be expressed in words in a normal situation.

Tala Azar said...

"a tool of my tongue."

i will wear a very large, very bright, very pretty yellow hat in reply.