Every once in a while, we find ourselves staring at someone walking down the stairs, out of the bathroom, into a classroom or even just standing in front of us at. The fast track to higher education!Starbucks, and we can’t help but to wonder – “Why would you wear that in public?” Recently I had a moment such as this while I was walking to my Cultural Anthropology class. I caught her with the corner of my eye as she was racing up the stairs, probably arriving late to class, her body moving up and down in slow motion while her silk shirt flew swiftly with the wind from her panicked movements. The first thought that ran through my head was how that silk shirt would have looked so much better on me and then why would she wear silk in this kind of heat. But after all those quick thoughts, I thought to myself why do people wear things that are completely unflattering to their body?
All of us are capable of looking in the mirror and determining when something makes us look fat, shows too many curves, reveals too much inappropriate cleavage, allows for a peep show of our rear ends every time we get up. Some items of apparel are just not meant to be for us. And yet time and time again we see a lady or gentleman making complete fools of themselves and becoming the next inspiration of a comedian’s joke. It wasn’t that the girl in the silk shirt was completely unaware of her impact on my views of her, but it was the simple fact that she choose to get up that Thursday morning and put on that shirt, without even once questioning if she was sending out the right message. No one whose waist size is larger than a 13 (female sizes) and a 38 (males) should be allowed to wear short shirts that will expose your belly from the front or your underwear from the back. It’s completely inappropriate for any one to have to see any of those things because first impressions are lasting ones. I do not want to remember you and judge you for the rest of your life because you wore a white Pink Floyd shirt that was two sizes smaller than what you should be wearing. Ladies, unless you’re working for the strip bar downtown and/or a registered prostitute, there is no excuse for you to have your breasts hanging out of your shirts. V-neck shirts are desirable clothing items, but if you have rather big breasts than what can fit in the shirt, then wear a tank top underneath. Guys, sagging your jeans is completely the ’90’s thing to do. This is a new century with new definitions of “cool.” No one wants to know what color your boxers are or that you have a receding hair line going down your butt. The list of what to and what not to do is endless. There are both sides of the argument regarding free will and having self confidence with your body type. At the end of the day you just have to remember one rule, if you don’t want to see someone’s extra stuff then don’t wear it yourself.
By ANKITA CHHABRA
Staff writer
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