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CHAPTER 3Just Fashion

A Question of Identity

 

Featuring work by D. Robertson Fay

 

 

WHEN YOU FIRST GET UP and ready yourself to meet the day, part of your morning ritual deals with getting dressed. What to wear today and why? There are of course practical considerations. Is it freezing cold or swelteringly hot? Are you going to a place that has a dress code? Even if you aren't, chances are you have your own dress code. In all likelihood you've chosen most of the clothes you wear on most occasions. You may dress to project a multitude of messages and more or less obvious signals. Do you want to stand out, project power, blend in, conform, ...

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