I admit that sometimes I make mistakes with my own clothing choices, being a girl who likes to look pretty in a culture that insists prettiness lies in showing off long legs or toned arms or whatever. But from these mistakes I've learned a few things: one is that "pretty" is a word more commonly used to describe the face, second, that if you want to be pretty, you can use make up and smile, and finally, that there's nothing pretty about constantly worrying if your skirt is riding up.
I'm not going to delve into figures of proper skirt length or sleeve length--there's nothing quite so annoying as constantly measuring lengths while shopping for clothes!--but there really are some practical reasons why you want to dress with dignity. Here are a few practical reasons, with matching tips! (All images from
fashion.teenvogue.com)
"The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency."-Theodore Roosevelt
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