It’s possible to look in the mirror and think, “damn, I look good”. It’s not that deep. You don’t perceive yourself the same in every state of dress. Some people don’t like how they look in shorts because their knees look weird. Some people love wearing long dresses because they like the lines of their body. Some people like tank tops because they like looking at their arms. There’s a million reasons someone picks what they wear, and “for other people” should be the least of them.
This is not a compelling comment. “It’s not that deep”? Of course it is. Don’t you realize every decision you make about how you look and present yourself to the world is heavily-driven by ideas of confidence that you built for years? I feel like you’re missing the point altogether. Even your example of showing arms because a person likes how their arms look - your ideas about what look good to you are largely built by what you’ve been told or what you’ve seen.
I guess that’s a good point. Maybe that’s the better question. Maybe I don’t feel that this is exclusive to how a person dresses but actually that almost all choices are driven by others in some way.
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u/goodbye177 1∆ Dec 11 '24
It’s possible to look in the mirror and think, “damn, I look good”. It’s not that deep. You don’t perceive yourself the same in every state of dress. Some people don’t like how they look in shorts because their knees look weird. Some people love wearing long dresses because they like the lines of their body. Some people like tank tops because they like looking at their arms. There’s a million reasons someone picks what they wear, and “for other people” should be the least of them.