What Do Our Clothes Say About Our Personalities?
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What Do Our Clothes Say About Our Personalities?

The stories we write versus the stories we tell

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What Do Our Clothes Say About Our Personalities?
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A typical scenario is when a girl wears a short skirt or low cut shirt and automatic assumptions are made about her. The same thing goes for those who wear all black with rocking boots, or even carry on the day wearing sweats. Our style does say a lot about us to the world, but often how it is actually perceived is a different story from the one we want to tell.

My sister and I couldn't be more opposite. She is six feet tall with a model figure, short purple hair, thick eyeliner with black clothes and crazy combat boots while I'm an average sized bubbly blonde with colored cardigans. Many people are intimidated in her presence, but I will tell you she is actually one of the sweetest and down to earth people I have ever met... Even if she does listen to her rambunctious metal. Simply put, yes I am a decent human being, but I am not always as put together as I try to make the world believe and can even be a raving psychotic you-know-what sometimes.

What we often forget is that style does not determine who we are, but instead it says something about us. Maybe someone wears a sweatshirt and leggings all day because that is what they find comfortable. Perhaps someone wears black because that is just their favorite color - I know I wear blue plenty but you don't see anyone calling me a smurf. And for the girls who wear heels, maybe they want to be taller or maybe it gives them more confidence. The idea is to not judge a book by its cover, but instead to hear the story from the person who owns it.

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