Friday, May 16, 2014

You Are... How You Dress?

So I did a little research, magazine ads directed at women in the 50s, books that were written with women in mind, movies that depicted how exactly "acceptable" women behaved. You know what all these have in common? Women, acceptable women, are well dressed. Being well dressed when you go out helped in representing your family (and your husband) well. Women headed to work, if they worked outside the home; the market or lunch with their girlfriends would have never dreamed about heading out like we do in 2014.

Often, and not because of this experiment, I comment on what others are wearing. Mostly because people do not care what they look like when they leave their home. I mean, we have all seen The People Of Walmart website, right? It is an epidemic. And it doesn't just happen at the Walmart... though I have to say, it is definitely more prevalent there. Just a quick search of images of women from the 1950s will yield thousands of pictures of perfectly coiffed young ladies-- even when cleaning the house. No signs of yoga pants (guilty), jeans every day (guilty) or coming outside still in pajama pants (guilty, but usually only when I am headed to the Walmart).

I say all of this to say that I went on a shopping spree of sorts. Much to my mother's dismay, I am not much of a dress wearer. I went to an all girls school-- uniform skirts, but even before that, I was always more of a tomboy. I can dress up, but really... why? For this month though, I have decided to throw a wrench in my regular wardrobe programming. Unless I am on my way to the gym, no yoga pants. this is hard because I look FANTASTIC in yoga pants and they are just so freaking comfortable-- it honestly makes no sense. The fabric they are made from? Manna from heaven, thank you! Unless I am in the shower at the gym or strolling around the house by myself, no flip flops. You know the ones I am talking about-- the plastic ones that you replace every summer. Those. I have a friend who refuses to wear them. Ever. And she is not even doing a 1950s experiment!

I am also limiting my jean wearing. Gasp. Listen y'all. Jeans are allowed at my job. That should really be all I have to say. They are my go to... after yoga pants. Nothing sexier than me in jeans and a tee shirt. Oh yes. But I am going to try to let that go. I will go from 6 days a week in jeans to 2. And when I do wear them, I will dress it up. No Pearl Jam tee shirts from 14 years ago... I will wear the ones from 3 years ago instead. And a belt, maybe.

Also, with all this dress wearing, I feel as though I am obligated to my fellow chick-a-sees whose thighs *may* rub together... I have found a new friend-- BodyGlide. I usually use to for running, it cuts down on friction when your body is moving for a long period of time... but it also works if you are switching up your wardrobe selection and your thighs are touching each other. A lot. Trust me. You are welcome. Off to put on a dress...


1 comments:

Lefty said...

You look good in a dress. Better in yoga pants, yeah...

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