Let your comfort decide your wardrobe instead of a dress code imposed in the name of safety
Nearly everyone strives to approach each day with confidence, but many of us struggle to sincerely get there. A few people feel confident by dressing up in a way that others would compliment them more, while others feel confident wearing something they don't have to adjust from time to time. Some people decide what to wear a night before an 8 AM class while the rest of them pick the first thing they see in their wardrobe. I have seen multiple people feeling confident in their own ways just by the way they dress up. A person tries to look good and socialize in school and at the same time witnesses another person being called by the principal to get their uniform altered to maintain the decorum while doing the same.
As a kid, we are asked to follow a dress code that varies with people’s mentality in the name of safety. Some of my friends in school were called to the stage during a morning assembly as a punishment for wearing skirts shorter than the length specified to us, which they said will maintain decorum and ensure our safety. Even though people rebelled, the girls never felt confident enough while wearing the same uniform again. Well, on the one hand, we have clothes in a fashion show that make an artistic statement, and the other hand is filled with several daily wear clothes, like a uniform, that we use in our everyday lives. If you have it in yourself then these daily wear clothes can sometimes be an expression of art, but other times it is just what it is - a uniform. That, my friend, is where your comfort zone should be and not in a garment that makes you conscious about yourself.
Some parents ask their children to change their shorts or skirts into something like full-length pants before going out, even if they go to play in the same compound, again in the name of safety. Well, as we grow older, we wear what we want to, but somehow, we avoid wearing the things we were restricted to wear earlier at one point because we fail to feel comfortable in them.
A person may be ridiculed or judged openly by others because their assets are lesser than someone else's and may never feel confident wearing the same type of clothes again. Being aware of how we look, how short or long our skirt is, how neat or messy our hair is, how well our curves come out or how skinny we look, does not instil confidence in us but allows you to believe in acceptance, of how you'll be seen by others. Your clothes should always empower you. When we put on a piece of clothing, we cannot help but adopt some of the characteristics associated with it, even if we are unaware of it and what we feel about it depends only on how confident we are while we carry it, instead of thinking about how others see us in it. That is how we define our everyday look, by knowing how confident that outfit makes us feel and no dress code defines our safety more than one’s self-confidence.
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