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Warrior |
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25-Dec-2000 |
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From an interview with Rama (1985) |
Q: I understand that you spend time discussing clothing with your students. What are your attitudes in this respect?
A: I feel that clothing has a great deal to do with the attitudes and energy that others direct towards you. I favor the chic, and tend to avoid the trendy. I think that it's good to be chic when possible because it is more inaccessible. Clothing is art. It's an expression of how you feel. I think that it's not so much a question of a certain style or designer, but of finding the type of clothing that works well for you.
It's particularly important for women to create a personal style that suggests that they are powerful and capable. Many women's fashions have arisen from a consciousness of suppression and repression. They were designed from a man's point of view, basically for ornamentation or work around the house. Now women are totally changing their lifestyles and a new type of clothing is needed that expresses who and what they are. The same is true of men. Men have been confined to certain types of clothing - specific types of suits and ties - that are very limiting to their spirits.
The division between male and female has been accentuated by clothing. Today there are more androgynous styles and a wonderful variety of designs. But it's not just a question of picking a certain type of clothing. What you wear is a statement about how you feel, and whether you're wearing hiking jeans to the desert or you're wearing a gown to a dinner party, what you wear is important becuause people characterize you by it.
Changing the way you dress can make it easier to make deeper changes in the structure of your personality. If you want to create a different character, you can do so just by altering your style of dress and cosmetics. I think clothing is fun. It's an exciting way to express yourself and deal with the world, and it makes more of a difference than people realize.
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