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Did you wake up this morning and pick out clothes that you like, fit you well,
and are truly comfortable and enjoyable to wear? Or did you pick out your
“ensemble” based on the latest trends, according to the newest, hottest fashion
magazine? Did you ever stop to think how long those trends are going to last? In
a month or two, the seasons will change, and you’ll be cleaning all these great
“new” clothes out of your closet and taking them to the thrift store – where NO
one else will want them.
Have you ever given any thought to why you choose to wear the clothes you do?
Why in the world do you choose to wear the same clothes as the celebrity of the
second, when you know how quickly that second will pass? You waste your money to
look like a “Fashion Do”, but how quickly will your new outfit become a “Fashion
Don’t”? All it takes is one crazy night out partying, and your celebrity of
choice becomes unpopular, along with her clothing choices – and yours!
Are you wearing pointy, uncomfortable shoes because the last time you were at
the grocery store, every cover was screaming that they were going to be “in”
this season? Sheep form herds and follow the leader blindly –they’re also dumb
and rather smelly. Are you a sheep? What will it take to open your eyes and turn
you away from the herd mentality?
Following fashion trends and guidelines is one way to get noticed, I suppose.
But wouldn’t you rather get noticed for your IQ, your conversational skills, or
your originality? Or did you leave all that behind you when you started paying
attention to the newest trends? By feeding the fashion machine, you’re not
really helping your personal development, only emptying your wallet.
I’m baffled by what fashion “followers” – if you’re a sheep, I’m talking to you
– really gain by spending all that time poring magazines.
When you constantly jump from trend to trend, the first thing to go it your
originality. You wake up in them morning, and put on the “outfit” that “goes
together”. In fact, you probably even purchased it as a complete ensemble –
didn’t you? Did it ever occur to you that you’re being played? The magazines,
the media, the stores, and the identical outfits – it’s a set up! You’re being
targeted to play a special role in a commercial machine – the consumer. And just
like a puppet, you buy when the media pulls your strings.