Comments on: Clothes, Fashion and Practicality: Where do YARs draw their lines? http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/ let's activate something Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: christine http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-19561 christine Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:18:35 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-19561 Hey Erica Lee, I was reading your comment and I wanted you to feel comforted. I want you to realize that those boys are not worth trying to impress if they are not going to appreciate you for who you are. You should be looking for the clothes that you really like and feel comfortable in. Just remember that God made you who you are and He loves you just the way you are right now. The right boy will come along one day and you will know that he is perfect because of the way he treats you. Don't waste your time trying to impress inconsiderate boys that you will always have to work for thier attention. Hey Erica Lee,
I was reading your comment and I wanted you to feel comforted. I want you to realize that those boys are not worth trying to impress if they are not going to appreciate you for who you are. You should be looking for the clothes that you really like and feel comfortable in. Just remember that God made you who you are and He loves you just the way you are right now. The right boy will come along one day and you will know that he is perfect because of the way he treats you. Don’t waste your time trying to impress inconsiderate boys that you will always have to work for thier attention.

]]> By: Erica Lee http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-3940 Erica Lee Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:41:12 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-3940 There are some clothes that I don't wear, because they are too small for me and I don't feel like being made fun of. I wear certain clothes to try to impress these boys at my school. But that doesn't seem to help. I feel like there is no ending to being my size and wieght. There are clothes that I really like and want, but just can't seem to fit them. There are some clothes that I don’t wear, because they are too small for me and I don’t feel like being made fun of. I wear certain clothes to try to impress these boys at my school. But that doesn’t seem to help.
I feel like there is no ending to being my size and wieght. There are clothes that I really like and want, but just can’t seem to fit them.

]]> By: JUnrau http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-3289 JUnrau Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:58:24 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2007/09/12/clothes-fashion-and-practicality-where-do-yars-draw-their-lines/#comment-3289 My clothing choices tend to the practical and comfortable, so pants with lots of pockets, Tshirt, and layers of hoodies and fleeces to get me through 8 months of the frickin' year (I am so not built to live in Canada). I do consciously wear certain things. I'm not a fan of being a billboard so I either wear plain organic cotton things or shirts made by artists I respect. A lot of the comics I read are online for free so to make a living at their art they merchandise. Since they're clever graphically minded people they make good shirts. I do think about the sweatshopishness of things, but since so many of them have migrated to American Apparel shirts I don't worry too much. I just want the people who make the things I find beautiful to keep on being able to do that. I used to do a lot more thrift store buying, but I tend to wear things to death anyway, so investing in pants without holes in them to begin with is a good idea. I'm also lucky enough to have both a grandma and a roommate who sew, so patched up worn-to-death stuff is also common. But that's here where the living is easy. One of the problems I had when I was in China was the lack of clothes I felt comfortable wearing (literally comfortable since XLs sleeves were an inch or two short of my wrists). I didn't feel like myself wearing the button up shirts I had to wear as a teacher, but I hadn't brought much else along. Finally (11 months into my term) I found a black Tshirt that fit the way I like clothes to fit. But it was a Converse shirt, big logo across the front. I hemmed and hawed for days but eventually the amount it made me feel like myself was worth their questionable business practices. And I could wear it inside out. My clothing choices tend to the practical and comfortable, so pants with lots of pockets, Tshirt, and layers of hoodies and fleeces to get me through 8 months of the frickin’ year (I am so not built to live in Canada). I do consciously wear certain things. I’m not a fan of being a billboard so I either wear plain organic cotton things or shirts made by artists I respect.

A lot of the comics I read are online for free so to make a living at their art they merchandise. Since they’re clever graphically minded people they make good shirts. I do think about the sweatshopishness of things, but since so many of them have migrated to American Apparel shirts I don’t worry too much. I just want the people who make the things I find beautiful to keep on being able to do that.

I used to do a lot more thrift store buying, but I tend to wear things to death anyway, so investing in pants without holes in them to begin with is a good idea. I’m also lucky enough to have both a grandma and a roommate who sew, so patched up worn-to-death stuff is also common.

But that’s here where the living is easy. One of the problems I had when I was in China was the lack of clothes I felt comfortable wearing (literally comfortable since XLs sleeves were an inch or two short of my wrists). I didn’t feel like myself wearing the button up shirts I had to wear as a teacher, but I hadn’t brought much else along. Finally (11 months into my term) I found a black Tshirt that fit the way I like clothes to fit. But it was a Converse shirt, big logo across the front. I hemmed and hawed for days but eventually the amount it made me feel like myself was worth their questionable business practices. And I could wear it inside out.

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