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Secondly, I'm always a little overwhelmed by how harshly people react to what is, essentially, just clothes.

No, don't kill me. I know this is THE Fashion Statement, but it fascinates me how clothes can trigger such strong emotion, whether it be instant dislike, giddy euphoria or plain revulsion.

The power of clothes is their symbolism and you've clearly indicated that through the simple stripe. Great writing.

I do wonder, however, what might push the fashion envelope next? I think it might be interesting to see a combination of two discordant ideologies: Perhaps cowboy gear covered in Arabic lettering? ]]>Jul 28th 2009 5:44PM