Shopping has always been one of my favorite past times. Every time I go home, I try to make a point to go to the mall. Not only is it a pastime, but in some weird way it calms me. So of course over Easter weekend. I made it a point to go shopping.
I walked in and out of different stores, of course starting with my favorite Abercrombie and Fitch and I began to think how much creativity it takes to put together certain outfits. Then I took a look at myself and tried to think about the way I dress.
Back in high school I was the type of person who would spend hours the night before just picking out clothes and still end up wearing something different when I get dressed the next day. It takes a lot to pick out the perfect outfit to wear on certain days, the right colors to go together, what I can wear in layers, and then of course what shoes I have to match.
Just before I left I asked my boyfriend what I should wear for Easter. At first he didn’t pay me too much attention, and he usually never does. I guess I wouldn’t either, because it’s a good chance I would wear something completely different. I kept pressing the issue, and finally he told me to wear the pink shirt. I thought that it might just work, but I packed both just in case I wasn’t in the "pink-wearing" mood.
Of course I didn’t wear the pink shirt.
I think I dress different from most people. I am more into name brands then into fashion. I don’t wear too many colors, and I never dress off the wall, but I do pay attention to color scheme. I think color is the most important part of an outfit. I’m good at shades; I can look at two shades of a color and tell you exactly why they don’t match. My boyfriend is the extreme opposite if it’s the same color it matches; he pays no attention to shades which can be annoying. But, he has made progress and I do think I did a great job at schooling him in colors.
While I was in the mall I passed a girl who was the definition of a creative dresser. Keep in mind that what’s creative to her isn’t to me. But she had on a ballerina tutu with a cute tank and multi colored flats. Her outfit was abstract and seemed a little weird, but her creativity was busting through ever seam of her tutu. I wondered if her outfit meant that she had a higher “creativity level” then mine. But then I realized that we just have different views of how to be creative with what we wear and how wear it. In my eyes creativity is like beauty: it is in the eye of the beholder. What I see as I get dressed may seem like creativity to me, but to someone else might be weird. And the same goes as when I see girls in the mall wear tutu’s or outdated graphic tee’s. It’s all one in the same.
Some people’s views of creativity are just simple and plain. Many (like my boyfriend) will throw on a t-shirt, some jeans, and sneakers that kind of match, and they’re ready for the day. This may be due to their environment, or they just don’t care if people how everyone thinks of them. I believe that everyone cares what people think, but they just like being comfortable. Little do they know what they wear can say a lot about them as a person.
Then there are those people who dress so insane and off the wall that nobody can even wrap their heads around it. Are they being creative or just throwing a whole bunch of stuff together? Do they have a sense of style or creativity at all? But that is too judgmental the ones who we think have the most out of the loop sights of style are the ones who bleed creativeness, they just have a different way of presenting it to others. They don’t hide it like those who dress plain, or they don’t half way do it like those others who I spoke of, they go all out and show how creative they are and can be every chance they get. Whether they are wearing two different types or colors of shoes or they wear clothes that completely don’t match, or they may hardly wear clothes at all, that is showing their style, their creativity, even their personality.
Getting dressed the way you feel comfortable is one of the biggest creative outlets any of us have. We have to get dressed everyday regardless, so we might as well have our own unique style.
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