Personal Adornment

The clothing that I choose for myself is a reflection on my beliefs, standards, and personal lifestyle. These beliefs and standards have been formed from my family, peers and life experiences. If I were to classify how I typically dress, I would consider my style to be simple, practical, and functional. I dress simply because I do not use too many accessories such as jewelry or hair accessories. I wear my grandmothers ring everyday and usually just studded earrings. I only have one hole in each of my ears and I have never intended on getting more. My make up is simple as I only use natural colors to bring out my features. I would say practical because I dress for the weather. If it is raining I will wear rain boots and a rain jacket for walking to class. I also wear a lot of warm clothing in the winter. And finally I would consider my clothing functional because I am an active person and I wear active clothing for a portion or the entire day. I go to the gym almost every day so I own a lot of athletic clothing and shoes. Sometimes I wear my gym clothes on campus or to class if I have a busy day and I do not have enough time to go home between classes.
My clothing is a reflection of my personal beliefs. My clothing tends to be somewhat conservative and stylish. I do not like to wear clothing that is revealing because I am not as comfortable in clothing that is revealing. I feel that I am more focused and comfortable in clothing that is conservative and practical. I do enjoy shopping and spending money on clothing for myself. Style is something that I like to show when I am warm and still comfortable. I am not so concerned with style and trends that I would ever sacrifice my personal comfort. I have a large collection of jeans and stylish designer zip ups in a variety of colors. I like to wear this because they are trendy, popular, and still comfortable. I feel that my style is pretty safe and I never wear anything too “out of the box”. This may be considered a flaw, but it allows me to be less distracted by what I am wearing so that I can focus on the things going on around me.
My desire to be conservative and comfortable may have evolved from shopping trips as a young girl with my Grandma. On my birthday my Grandma and I used to go on our annual shopping trips to my favorite clothing store at the time. In elementary school, she took me to the Kids Gap and then I graduated to the infamous Abercrombie and Fitch. My Grandma used to complain about the mini skirts or spaghetti strap tank tops that I would try on and would intervene by saying, “Are you going to wear another shirt under that” or “maybe we should get you a larger size or a longer style.” Either way, she would win and I come home with knee length skirts and high cut blouses. Although I would pout about the choices that she made for me then, I realize now that these are choices I find to be more attractive today. My Grandmother was an exceptional woman with an exceptional sense of style and I look up to her a great deal. When I am making conservative choices, I like to think of my clothing as classy. In a sense, my style has evolved as I used to be the girl who would plead for the mini skirt, now I may opt for one that is the more classic knee length.