When I was at the EMP in Seattle there was a woman who was there to see the exhibits who was considerably larger than me and she was wearing shorts and a sleeveless tank top. She seemed completely at ease with her body and her attire. I am not a small woman and even when I was a size 18 I wouldn't have worn a sleeveless blouse let alone shorts! I don't think I've worn either since well before I graduated high school!
What has this to do with anything, you ask? Simply that I'm not certain where I stand on the whole body image/clothing appropriate for body shape issue. Is it a good thing to feel comfortable enough with my body that I can wear a sleeveless blouse when I have flabby arms? Am I better off feeling that people probably don't want to see my flabby upper arms exposed to the sun? Do I wear the clothing I wear to be sensitive to they sensibilities of others or because it's what I'm comfortable wearing? Do I even want to wear something different than what I wear? Do I not want to because I'm ashamed of my body?
Well, that's a whole crapload of questions I have no answers to! Here's what I DO know. I know I am not comfortable with my body size or shape. I am not comfortable having people see me in clothing they might consider inappropriate for someone my size. I am not comfortable wearing clothing I consider inappropriate for someone my size.
Not too sure where this is going. I think I would like to be able to be comfortable wearing whatever I want to wear. I know I want to totally not care what anyone else wears! It's a worthy goal ^_^
Enjoy!
This is an interesting conversation. I do think that people make snap decisions on who we are, by what we wear. If we are not comfortable in our clothes that comes across also.
I am a closet "What not to Wear" watcher. I love this show. It is fascinating to witness the transformation that happens during the week. At the beginning, some people think they look great, while other people know that they don't look so hot.
By the end of the show, many people say that they finally look on the outside how they feel on the inside. By the end of the show, people hold their heads high and have quite the confident walk. They know that they look great.
When these folks go back and talk about how they used to dress, most all of them say that they knew that they could look better. That they did not feel great about how they were looking.
So, the lady in the shorts and tank top? She may have appeared to look comfortable...but, my guess is that she has just given up~ just a guess:)
Bye fer now!
Posted by: Lynne Morrell | May 22, 2007 at 03:39 PM