We are always told that it doesn't matter what we wear, as long as we are comfortable with who we are. In my opinion, this is ridiculous. Everyday when we get up, we make decisions about what we wear. These decisions are usually based on how we feel others will perceive us if we dress a certain way. There are invisible codes hidden even in something as simple as a t-shirt. If said t-shirt comes from Abercrombie and Fitch and cost you somewhere in the range of thirty dollars, then you"re pretty cool because everyone knows that Abercrombie equals money. However if the t-shirt came from Wal-Mart and you paid like eight dollars, well then you are just a poor unloved kid right? According to the Oswego High School fashion hierarchy you are. Sometimes the shirts look almost the same, and you think you can get away with wearing the Wal-Mart one, and then all of a sudden someone calls you out. Some people just have fashion radar I guess. Frankly none of this is going to matter later in life. If you honestly think the people who interview you for a job are going to care if you wore Abercrombie in high school or are wearing Prada for their interview, you"re crazy. Now I"m not advocating that you show up for an interview anywhere in sweatpants and grungy sneaks, and hey if you can spring for a Prada suit, more power to you but its probably a better idea to concentrate on what you are going to say to your interviewers. They will not be impressed if you show up in Prada, and then when they ask you what you can bring to the company you say- ummmm I think I can really ." and then mumble because you can't think of anything meaningful. They are going to want to hire someone who can speak their mind, and say intelligent things to prove that they belong there. So it doesn't matter what you wear because even though you look like a million dollars you can't buy a personality. .
The whole invisible codes tied to clothes is irritating because it just gives people an opportunity to talk about other people.
They wore long, big, and heavy dresses. ... Under dresses were worn for working clothes. ... A woman's dress usually consisted of a gown and petticoat. ... Women were very graceful and tried to impress men without revealing too much skin (Ewing Everyday Dress). ... Their clothing showed me that they had dressed to impress all the time. ...
The people impressed each other with their clothing. ... The women's head dresses covered all of their hair. ... Women's dressed, sometimes, had long trains. ... Precious jewels and gold were also put on gowns and dresses. ... Instead of head dresses, hoods, replaced them after 1500. ...
Jude is in deep thought while wearing an all over white dress that represents her as an angelic figure that is trapped by Caleb. Notice how she is wearing her white dress while she is all by herself. This means that she is not trying to impress anyone nor make an impression on anyone, it is only her true nature, which is moral by heart and so the white is a perfect representation of her nature. She is also holding a red rose, which is very clear in front of the white dress, and this is to give the image a good shake and disturb the pureness. ...
At the end of the story, Sammy's frustration causes him to impulsively quit his job; what led to this decision was his hatred of work, impressing the girls, and not going back on his word. ... He was not happy with the way these girls were dressed; however, what kind of store manager would be? He tells them they need to be dressed appropriately and Sammy found that to be rude, "You didn't have to embarrass them." ... He was trying to impress them but once he realizes they didn't care, he thought about the decision he had made but knew not to go back on his word, " Its true I ...
When I read the story I thought that Sammy reacted the way he did to impress the girls and there are a lot of hints which made me think that way. ... Sammy stared at them and was somehow attracted to them because of the way they dressed. In the moment when the manager started arguing with the girls about the way they dress, Sammy's look to these girls changed. ... If he did what he has done to impress them he would not have said it the second time when his manager asked him what he said. ... When he ran behind them and could not find them he was disappointed but that does not mean that he...
You enter the area where the festivity is to take place - everything has been decorated flawlessly and each person is dressed in extravagant costume. The feast and gifts are on careful display - the design is to impress, but not offend (overtly in any event). ... You dress to the nines and we haul out the china and silver. ... The Nacirema use money, gifts, food and decoration to impress the right people and intimidate others. ... The higher up in a society the more pressure there is to impress those both below and above one's personal position. ...
The protagonist, Madame Loisel, spends her life trying to repay a woman for a necklace that is used to impress others; she is blinded by her own desire; therefore she cannot not see what great life she can ahead of her. ... Madame Loisel felt that she was inferior because "she had no dresses, no jewels, nothing[.. and] loved nothing but that [because] she felt made for that;" rather than being the one who is envious "she would so have liked to please, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after" (Maupassant 1). This need to please makes her search for ways to be envied, such as getting ...
When in school, the student is dressed as a student and not in other dress which may promote violent activity. ... Again, the student is dressed in the uniform of a student just as a fireman is dressed in a fireman's uniform. ... Dressed neatly with shirt tucked in shows a sense of discipline in the student. ... Students may still express themselves but in other ways rather than dress. ... School is a place to learn, not a place to impress with dress....
