As a culture, America has always been known to be risque and almost trashy at times. The current trend of buying jeans for about $100 pre-ripped and worn for a "vintage" look speaks volumes about who we think we are. We are too good to get our jeans that way by honest work, too snooty to get down on our knees, dig in, and get dirty. Instead, we buy them made that way by someone who wasn't too snooty so we can look like we aren't! How about that, America? Where did our class go? Where did our pride in the blue collar hard working American goods that were built right go? Where did dressing in functional and yet simple clean cut clothing go? I have a few pairs of ripped jeans, and I wear them when we're working on the car or if I'm doing laundry. I don't wear them when I go to spend some time with some friends. Dress to impress or at least make the people around you think you care about what they think about you. Being sloppy in your wardrobe just mimics the other sloppy habits you have. It shows a disregard for yourself, and if you can't have some respect for yourself than you can't have some respect for other people. Wearing your ratty clothes just says, "You are unimportant to me, I do not have time for you".
And another thing, less is not more ladies! I understand sex appeal, I really do. I like wearing frilly underwear and knee high stockings as much as the next girl. But those are things that we shouldn't be displaying to everyone in the world. When we have some modesty in regards to our body, it allows us to make connections to people that are far deeper than any bond we could create otherwise. When we converse and make connections about the world around us, we are more fulfilled than when we act like we're going to have sex with everyone we meet. And even worse, ladies, PLEASE stop dressing this way and then wondering why no one takes you serious. If your ta-tas are hanging out for the whole world to see, a gaggle of hormone charged males are going to use you because that's all they see. Don't complain, dress appropriately. You could be the next Marie Curie, but if you dress like a hooker no one will take you seriously intellectually. Dress for what you want. If you want attention or if you want to be taken as a tramp, then fine. Ignore me. If you want people to take you seriously and truly be interested in mental complexities, dress appropriately. DRESS FOR SUCCESS, however it is you define sucess.
Love, Polly.
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