My overall reflection of my dress practice can be described as an ambiguity, a canvas with splashes of color that remains black and white borders around. The themes that emerged in my dress practice log is the experimentation through clothing and silhouette of my body. What I noticed and was aware of my daily practices is that I do care about my clothing and how I dress and present myself. I take time to put everything together, either it is a color palette or accessories that make my outfit my comfort in society. The dress practice impacted my understanding on the relationship between clothing and body by exposing my personality, curiosity, and interest in clothing. I am aware of the social interactions that we have in society through dress, however, the conversation does not concern me due to my individuality. I believe that it is important to have these conversations with one another and grow upon our beliefs due to our freedom of expression. Moreover, the conversation on gender is an ambiguity of its own. It is not tangible, yet it is emotional. The emotions we have within are expressed through our behaviors and interactions and we learn to cope with one another as time goes on. The theories of the past have brought us to the present, however, the past can be altered in the present but due to time and change of environment, we should not depend on the philosophies of the past to live the present and evolve into the future. We are individuals who are curious but the ambiguity of life cannot have a definite meaning and this defines our survival. We are all different in many ways, emotionally, physically and mentally. We are human after all, and humans are never satisfied.

The August cover of Vogue issue 2017 with Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik sparked a lot of backlash to its so-called “gender fluid roles.” This vogue issue was really controversial because Vogue put a label to gender by the act of exchanging clothes through a male and female wardrobe. What an individual wear does not identify them as gender fluid because they may not choose to conform to societal expectations of male or female. This ad falsified the meaning of gender emotionally, physically and mentally. People struggle their lives with gender identity and conformity to society, however, this ad makes it seem like it is an act of swapping men’s and women’s clothing to be gender fluid. This ad goes against gender norms and it is subverting the emotions of people that fight for issues on gender in society. Kaiser says “the interplay between biological and social factors, along with the ambiguities and anxieties that surround gendered appearances, applies to the subject position of sexuality or sexual orientation.” This quotes, in relation to the ad, raises questions on how gender is perceived and how it affects our social factors within society.