Yikes, perhaps I should have avoided this thread...a little disheartening to read so many people "Hate" the clothes me and my husband wear...
- hoodies are warm, comforting, and more affordable than jackets and coats
- sweatpants are the only pants I can wear when my pelvic pain and nausea gets really bad
- uggs were designed in an Australian surf town. They are the best way to warm your frozen post-surf toesies and easy to pull on with your frozen post-surf fingers...
- The practice of "sagging" started because poor children in poor families could not afford well-fitting new clothes, but had to settle for their big brother's hand-me-downs. It eventually transformed into a symbol of community pride...ie...not ashamed of being poor...
(for 2 years, I let my own East Coast hangups about clothes keep me from recognizing what a handsome, loving, caring, and wonderful person my "sagging" coworker really was...& now, 5 years later, I'm married to him! - sure I have to yank up his pants sometimes when the undies- butt is hanging out too much....but, small price to pay for a Good Man)
- thank you to all the folks who used "like" and "dislike", despite the thread title..."Hate" is a very strong, and potentially hurtful word...I'm just a particularly sensitive person, I know; but to think people look at what I wear and think, "Ew! I hate that!"....Jeesh it's a blow to my fragile self- confidence.
Fashion is a personal choice, an opportunity for expression and artistic experimentation. We each have far too many problems of our own to be focusing our hatred on another person's style of dress. You don't know if they are living in poverty and must rely on church donations and free boxes, or perhaps have a medical condition that prevents them from dressing more fashionably.
Sorry, I don't mean to get all self-righteous and preachy here! Just wanted to add my perspective as a sick girl living below the poverty line