I think the very fact that you choose to buy a specific piece of clothing means you have interacted with it at some level. There is the visceral first response, where it draws you in, and you decide to look at it close up and try it on. You feel it against your body and look at yourself in the mirror, and either it is something you can see becoming a part of your wardrobe, or it is not.
Unless you buy something on a whim, I think you usually put thought into the piece and what you like about it before deciding to go ahead and buy it. I think that is the point where the aesthetics, or the style, or the construction really take your interest. You have interacted with it and made a personal association with the garment.
You don't necessarily have to interact with the philosophy of the designer directly, but by virtue of the garment being an expression of some idea, you do so anyway. Even if you take that garment and entirely change the idea behind it, by wearing it in a completely different way to how the designer imagined, I think you are just adding another layer of meaning to the garment, and that can only ever be a good thing. It makes it all the more interesting and personal.
At the same time I am not saying that people who wear a single designer head to toe are not adding another layer of meaning, because I think clothing will always mean something unique to each person, let alone something unique each time they wear it.
Unless you buy something on a whim, I think you usually put thought into the piece and what you like about it before deciding to go ahead and buy it. I think that is the point where the aesthetics, or the style, or the construction really take your interest. You have interacted with it and made a personal association with the garment.
You don't necessarily have to interact with the philosophy of the designer directly, but by virtue of the garment being an expression of some idea, you do so anyway. Even if you take that garment and entirely change the idea behind it, by wearing it in a completely different way to how the designer imagined, I think you are just adding another layer of meaning to the garment, and that can only ever be a good thing. It makes it all the more interesting and personal.
At the same time I am not saying that people who wear a single designer head to toe are not adding another layer of meaning, because I think clothing will always mean something unique to each person, let alone something unique each time they wear it.
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