In the back of my mind, questions lurk, considerations to be made…
Who made these clothes…children?
Why am I spending…do I really need it?
What's the environmental part of this...what is the impact of what I purchase?
Am I just moved by what is being advertised to me, unaware until I am on the hook?
Am I shallow for caring what I look like?
Am I being pretentious if I wear that?
Do fashion magazines inevitably make me feel ugly because my body doesn't fit the standard?
What am I teaching my daughters, about their bodies, about money, clothes?
What about my self-expression?....What about my self esteem?
No matter what I wear it says something about me….right?
Sometimes in comfortable shoes and sweatpants I feel free….and sometimes flat and colorless.
I really don’t know much about fashion but I am learning that the clothes you wear are a language: uniform, monk's robe, statement t-shirt, no-name, branded, natural fiber, man-made, leather, quality, political, ugly, uncomfortable, necessary, beautiful, outrageous and funny, silly, trivial, comforting, protective, sexy, wasteful, consciousness raising…..
We participate whether we are dressing for need, attention, job, spiritual practice, etc. It is what we say before we say anything at all.
Great questions and very interesting and enlightening video.
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