As much as some of us love to dress for success, dress to express ourselves, dress to convey a mood, don't we all just love the basic pieces of clothing? I'm talking about the must must haves. The denim jean and the t-shirt.
Now, I love an opportunity to look nice anytime, to show how good I can look, to get a couple side glances when I look just right. And then there are always the times when I just want to look casual. I read or hear of women always saying that " I'm most comfortable and myself in t-shirt and jeans". I used to think that women who said this were the one's who always had to dress for their career and were in the limelight a lot. Well, I'm not in the limelight, at least not right now (wishful thinking) and I have to agree with them myself.
I remember my mother telling me about her girlhood days when people dressed up to go for a walk down the street or to the park. And they most likely dressed for the movies, a concert...Now a days, we think that's a waste of time and money to dress somewhat formally for the purpose of looking good to have casual fun (although people still dress for the theatre). Well, how many of you still wish dress-up days were like the past? I don't know if I do.
Now, I love an opportunity to look nice anytime, to show how good I can look, to get a couple side glances when I look just right. And then there are always the times when I just want to look casual. I read or hear of women always saying that " I'm most comfortable and myself in t-shirt and jeans". I used to think that women who said this were the one's who always had to dress for their career and were in the limelight a lot. Well, I'm not in the limelight, at least not right now (wishful thinking) and I have to agree with them myself.
I remember my mother telling me about her girlhood days when people dressed up to go for a walk down the street or to the park. And they most likely dressed for the movies, a concert...Now a days, we think that's a waste of time and money to dress somewhat formally for the purpose of looking good to have casual fun (although people still dress for the theatre). Well, how many of you still wish dress-up days were like the past? I don't know if I do.
Target Rocks Red Market 1 : March 2008 Australia
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I'll give you a bit of history on the t-shirt and the denim jean. The t-shirt was first introduced to American soldiers by the European soldiers in WWII. The American soldiers appreciated the comfort of the t-shirt and started wearing them as undershirts. By 1955 the t-shirt could be worn alone and be acceptable (thanks to stars like James Dean). The denim jean was made for workers in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (a popular brand name for jeans). Women were free to live in jeans from around the 1950's and on, whereas before, the acceptable clothing were skirts and dresses.
These are two pieces of clothing that can be dressed up or dressed down or even in between, timeless pieces we can't live without for now and some time to come. I think the hoody and the sneaker also should be added to the list of things we can't live without.
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