Project 2: Standard to define different types of clothes

Research question: Why there are criteria that define the types of clothes that we wear?

Outfit is always a big thing in nowadays, people set up standards to classify clothes for different usage. In other words, outfit is a kind of packaging of people, somehow it shows people’s taste of fashion, cultural background and identity. While in proms or ball, people wear special costumes to show their characteristic and even status. This is how it works, unlike other clothes that people wear as casual or for leisure, special costumes cannot be wear on streets; besides that, people also give costumes special meanings for a specific kind of setting, mostly for formal ceremony and ball.

A good costume can always show its specific usage, and people can simply identify which type of outfit it is. This is actually based on the standards and criteria that people invented for clothes, we put tags on different clothes with different looks. There’s one costume from the past decade, left in a thrift store, waiting for another chance to be in a formal setting. It was designed in this way, and it should be used in such settings, however, it was chosen to be a part of a new clothes. The ultramarine dress is long, with lots of layers, and there’s a big and shiny crystal decoration in front of the breast, it is a boob tube top costume for woman. This costume is well known as costume because its style cannot be wore on streets, it cannot be used wisely, and the crystal decoration is so eye-catchy. The costumes are defined as expensive outfits for formal settings, it can show the respect of people and even their status, the designs are special, can be simply distinguished with other types of clothes. In my opinion, there are lots of advantages to create different types of clothes and costumes for different usage, but there should not be a strict standard or criteria to distinguish outfits, while their main usage is to cover our body, make us comfortable in different settings or keep us warm(or even “package” ourselves).

However, some costumes may look similar with drama outfits, which are used to present the characteristic of the characters in a drama play, both of them have decorations and some drama clothes shows the status. But the big difference is that, in modern days, drama outfits are very exaggerated or even abstract, while the costume for balls and proms are simplified comparing with drama clothes, they look simple but graceful. If the costume looks like another type of clothing, then it is not matching a good standard according to the distinguish of clothes, but it doesn’t mean that it is not a good outfit. Therefore, the differences between clothes are not strict, some clothes can even be used for lots of different settings and situation. 

In conclusion, people set up standards and criteria for clothes because outfit is really an important thing, we always say that outfits show people’s identity, their cultural background and even respect toward the setting(or situation), a good outfit can create close connections between people. On the other hand, there are also lots of reasons that people need different types of clothes, for example, one reason is to form a community, to create an unity between a group of people staying or working together, and another reason could be to make it easier to reach their work or purpose. A good standard can make life simpler, people can make choices easier, and a good outfit will match its usage and criteria. Therefore, people created rules to distinguish outfits for different uses. People always say that clothes will present the people wearing them, and a good outfit can always present people in the best ways.

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