Clothes play a very important part in each and everyone's life. Its essential for providing us with enough protection to cover elements of our body. Mostly it is used to cover very precious parts of our body. However, different nations have different perceptions towards the idea of clothes. For example, the tribesmen of Papua New Guinea wear a protection sheath over their private areas as it is a form of dress to them. According to them, they feel undressed without having that ornament on. However, recently laws have been made to ban such dressing as it seems to be obscene to the western culture. Instead, these people are advised to wear the Western underwear.
Not only that, some countries in the African region are yet to be exposed to the idea of wearing clothes. It is still something undiscovered as they roam around in leaves or sometimes nothing. However, to me, i feel dressing up and putting on clothes gives u an entirely different image. Clothes makes u feel presentable in the crowd. Besides that, clothes actually signals us about an ocassion. For example, if you bump into a guy with an Armani suit and a briefcase, this will clearly state that he might be attending a business meeting or he might be working in a corporate environment. This is also related if you come across a beautiful lady dressed up in a ball gown and it will definitely send a message to your brain saying she might be attending her prom event.
Morever, clothes can also be worn with the idea of showing intentions, status and other hidden messages. For example, women in the North America are free to dress according to how they want to. Some might wear a micro-miniskirt and some might wear a tank top revealing the belly button. This might convey message to others that she wants to sexually attract them. This might be true and this might not be as it might just be part of their culture. North Americans dress differently for business as well as recreational activities.
Putting on different types of clothes can change the behaviour of a person. For example, if one is to wear a military uniform, doctor's lab coat or a police hat, they will have a different personalithy wholly when wearing it. It gives them a chance to show authorit towards you and there is a hidden message behind it that tells you that "hey i'm in charge!"
Ornaments and decorations on clothes can also add to the idea of sending out messages to others about one's personality, status or authority. Ornaments like crown, ribbon and bow. For example, a beauty queen can always be differentiated with a beautiful piece of glittering crown placed on her head. Similarly, hairstyles will definitely relate to one's clothings. This can be seen in the English "punkers". They have hair of different shapes, sizes and colours. We can easily pick and point that they are one of the punkers as the body tattoos, piercings, clothes and hairstyles gives us the whole idea of it
To sum up, clothes can make a huge difference on one's image. If you have your own sense of dressing, it is completely fine but it should be acceptable to the society as it might ruin your image. So, beware of the fashion cops around you!
Compiled by Jasneeta Kaur Bhullar =)
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