Blog 4 aka Revision of Blog 3

As I look at the fashion choices present in the Skipjack, I am left to ponder the relevance and meaning behind what those choices. Because it is apparent that most of these people did not pick certain items of clothing simply to feel comfortable or to protect themselves from the elements. No, there is a deeper meaning to the clothing styles many of these students choose to wear. Their styles signifies what one thinks about themselves and how they want others to see themselves. Oten times, the fashion choices of a generation shapes how they will be remembered years from now, and more importantly how they will remember themselves. No more so is this present than when looking at the fashion choices of young adults. As a volitale group that is prone to change and alter themselves into anything that distinguishes themselves from the rest of society outside, it is interesting to take a look back at yesteryear to see the culture that pervades and compare it to ours. Take for example, the pictures present in the Skipjack yearbook. At a glance, practically all the girls can be seen wearing a skirt, unlike today where jeans are the norm. Most of the guys can be seen wearing a similar combover hair style, pulled to the left out of ones face. Yet, even here I can sense that there is an underlying culture. For instance , in one picture in the Skipjack, I saw two men standing side by side. One was neatly dressed in a stripped shirt, while the other man was wearing an open jacket. If it were only that, I would never be able to guess what kind of people they are. But what I focused on was the body lanugage. The man in the stripped shirt looked downward and inward, while the man in the jacket was open and smiling. Obviously, it shows just what kind of person was in and which one wasn’t. So, clothing is an important part of a generations’ identity, because it says far more about the peoples of its generation than they realize.