Some People Say It Is Possible To Tell A Lot About A Person’s Culture From Their Choice Of Clothes

There are a number of

people

who opine that an individual’s personality and values can be deduced / inferred from the

clothes

they commonly wear. I do not fully agree with

this

view.

People

are not always able to wear

clothes

of their

choice

.

For example

, a young girl may be very modern in their outlook and may want to wear stylish, modern

clothes

;

however

, her parents may force her to wear very traditional garments. In

this

case, we cannot infer much about her culture or character from her clothing.

Likewise

, many Muslim girls are forced to wear a burka.

This

does not always mean that they are conservative. Sometimes, they have no other

choice

. In the same way, there is no guarantee that someone wearing very simple

clothes

is actually poor or uneducated. It could be a

choice

.

Clothes

can lie. Having said that, there are still a few things we can learn about a person from their style of clothing.

For example

, an impeccably dressed person usually pays great attention to detail.

Likewise

,

people

who prefer comfortable clothing to stylish wear may be easygoing and practical. In the same way, extravagant clothing may be a sign of vanity.

To sum up

, to some extent

people

’s

choice

of clothing can reveal their nature.

However

, it is wrong to assume that we can fully deduce their culture or character from their

choice

of clothing. Oftentimes,

people

choose clothing dictated by the norms of society and those

clothes

do not reveal their character.