Analysing my Wardrobe

People are made up of bits of things they like about other people and have pieced together. This idea works on a mental level but also more obviously on a asthetic level. We see people in films and think "I like that character, if I look like them maybe I'll be more like them and thus save the day, get the girl and be the hero".

So, I've decided to analyse my own attire, and see what that says about me.

I'll start at the bottom.

I'm wearing vans trainers, which are a brand that sponsors skateboarding. I used to skateboard, but stopped years ago, so I suppose I'm still trying to give the impression that I do skateboard; Skateboarders live life on the edge and are frequently injured, so they become quite hardy.

I'm also wearing odd socks, a grey one and a navy one, which I suppose shows that I just don't care about my appearance that much. They're only socks, I'm someone who can let the details slide provided the overall result is ok.

My jeans have a gaping hole in the left knee (it's always the left one first), are tattered at the bottom and smeared in paint. This could show people that I'm scruffy, so I don't care too much about my appearance, I'm the opposite of stuck up, I'm easy going, but possibly a bit of a scumbag. The paint could be read as paint or as just dirt, meaning people will either clock that I'm an artist or they'll think more along the scumbag lines.

I'm wearing a quicksilver t-shirt, this is another skateboarding brand, so again just the active hardy sort of skateboarder image. It doesn't carry a slogan or anything, so it doesn't make me look like someone who speaks out on things.

My hoody is a patchwork of purple, red, brown and orange paterned material. I've worn it a lot so it's become ragged at the edges, and the cuffs are in tatters. This hoody makes me look like a hippy, so I'm easy going, unlikely to cause a fight and probably smoke.

Lastly I wear glasses, not by choice, though I did choose which ones. I chose glasses that were less obvious, as I didn't want them to be a defining feature of my face, however people still automatically assume I'm clever because I wear them.

So, as a round up, I'm trying to portray the image that I'm a skateboarding, artist hippy who's easy going and not too fussed about his appearance.