Research Blog

     Looking at The Sartorialist (aka the most famous fashion blog in the world) I noticed a real trend in modern clothing.  Hipster is very in currently and originality is starting to become more popular.  It's almost as if being different is gaining people praise.  Reverting back to my previous post talking about Lady GaGa and Miley Cyrus, that makes a whole lot of sense...  But as I pondered on that thought, I started to realize that same trend at my school and in my community.
     The weirder you dress is almost a direct indicator of your personality and security.  For instance blue jeans and cowboy boots is typically a southern style, where as skinny jeans and high tops with fake glasses is a New Yorker look.  The again that is an opinion.  More importantly, Loosely dressed women are typically full of themselves and think they have "the stuff"...  and more conservative dressed girls get labeled as prude from the first impression.
     I've also gained the knowledge that advertisement for a shoe or a shirt is a lot more complicated then just post a picture of it.  The company picks a certain model, a certain facial expression and pose for that model, a certain setting, certain lighting, certain angles, and certain clothes to put emphasis on the item being advertised.  It is a long process and seems to be very very irrelevant.
    But it is not.
    As I explained earlier, being original in your clothing is a very likable quality now-a-days, but that doesn't mean that we aren't influenced by what we see on the advertisements and mannequins.  Throughout history, we have displayed very streaky patterns of what types of clothing we wear and that will never change.  It was the popped collar and Converses in the 70s, then the parachute pants and head bands in the 80s, the rocker look with the membership jackets in the 90s, and the 2000s contains its own genre of style and creativity.  But one thing will always remain true, we as a people will have envy for the new thing and therefore we will always have the popular clothes because we are easily manipulated into buying "the next new thing."
     This has given me a stronger glimpse of what I'm trying to get at with this topic: Why I wear what I wear each day.  It has showed me some of the things I'm influenced by and that the weather may not be just the strongest asset in the choice of your clothing.  

Explanation

      I do not know why or how I chose this topic.  It just came to me one day.  In no sort of way am I interested in fashion, but the fact of how we decide what we want to wear each day amazes me.  It seems like such a small, quick daily task that should only take a few seconds.  But in reality the choice is more thought out and planned naturally by the time you have already gotten out of bed, or started to think about that day.

Lady GaGa

     Generally the weather is the first thing that I think about when I decided what clothes to wear.  Next was my activities for the day.  I have learned that subconsciously I choose to wear different shoes depending strictly on my activities for the day.  The decision is almost automatic and I do not even think about it.

     One of the biggest issues I have with this topic is that it seems very specific and not vague enough for creativity.  But I have found no real trouble so far.  I have very much enjoyed writing about it so far and learning about how I am pretty stubborn and specific about the certain clothes I wear on certain days (Ex. I'll only wear my duck boots with Nike crew socks and long Khakis or blue jeans; or the fact that I do not wear undershirts as of last year (I have yet to figure out why)). 

      What I have been hoping to get out of this since the beginning is what I have gotten out of it so far: a deeper understanding of myself.  The fact that every human is making this "small" decision everyday blows my mind, because the thought of such a universal action at a universal time strikes me a crazy.  The thoughts running through some peoples' head's (Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, etc.) are much much deeper than we assume.

      I'm stoked to see where this topic continues to lead me, it has been interesting to analyze and think about this on a daily basis.

Miley Cyrus