"Can clothing and stylish trends ever be able to reveal to an observer one's true personality? If so, is it more the clothing that conveys this personality, or is it the observer who is able to pick up on one's personality?"
My boyfriend has lots of shirts of his favorite bands, video games, TV shows, and movies. He's a big fanatic of the things he likes and he likes to express it. Does this mean that one can simply read his shirt and have a firm understanding of who he is? Of course not. Clothing is never able to reveal one's true personality as a whole, but it can sometimes show fragments of someone's identity. It can even be a gateway to find out someone's personality, like in my boyfriend's case. You can also pick things up about someone's personality through how they dress; say a girl is dressing modestly, perhaps she's shy? Say a man is dressed in sports jerseys, I guess he's an athlete.
Question: Would people look past clothing and more toward personality if uniforms were mandatory for all work places/schools? What are your feelings on uniforms?
I think if uniforms where mandatory everywhere we probably would focus more on personality rather than looks and this would be a good thing. But uniforms take away from how we have learned to express ourselves and it would be a dramatic change for many. Although some people would find a way to manipulate their uniform to better match how they would like to express themselves. No matter what I think there would be positive and negative outcomes due to uniforms. Personally uniforms aren’t that big of a deal but I would want to have to wear them all the time. I have to wear a uniform for one of my jobs and at first I hated it but over time I have come to not even care about it…although I would still prefer to wear what I am most comfortable in. But uniforms are kind of good because they eliminate a lot of distractions that ‘regular’ clothes can create such as being provocative. But again I suppose there could be ways around this because like in my job where they are required, different types of uniforms particularly the shirts express status…when you become management, as I am, you get more choices. The two levels below management can only wear a red shirt or a blue shirt but when you are management you get to pick out your colored shirts. So I suppose uniforms just like anything else are all a matter of opinion and they can turn into a touchy subject.
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If a college(s) you were considering required a uniform, would that become a deciding factor for you??