Why Clothing is not Superficial
Question: Does Miller's discussion if the Sari allow you to better imagine what the material experience of being a woman in India might be like?
My response: I feel that throughout the Sari chapter, Miller fully describes every aspect of the experience in order to make the reader be able to have some idea of what it is like to be in their shoes. How he describes every action, feeling and even emotion that Indian women feel in the Sari does cause you to begin imagining these feelings. When I read the chapter, every bit of description made me want to somehow also feel these things so I could somehow relate. However, as I have never wore or even really seen a Sari on somebody up-close I found it difficult to imagine exactly how it would be. I feel that wearing a Sari to Indians is much more than just placing clothes on their body which is what I do so therefore I feel it would be wrong of me to say I could imagine the material experience for an Indian woman because I have nothing to relate the feeling to.
Question: Having read the text, do you think clothing is more or less superficial than you did before?
My response: To me, I feel that fashion can often be seen as superficial to those who wear it in order to escape their true identity, and present themselves as somebody different. I don't believe this to be a bad thing I just believe this then changes whether clothing can be seen simply to be or not to be superficial. Personally, I think it varies for everyone whether clothing is superficial, I have never really thought as my own clothing to be superficial as I simply wear anything I feel like wearing on that day and if my style changes then I think it is simply because as a person we change so why shouldn't our style. I wouldn't say I ever dress for anybody else or for someone to like what I'm wearing but I think some people may. I feel that from reading Miller's 'Why Clothing is not Superficial' it only strengthened my views and made me realise even further that clothing is not something that is superficial even though it is often viewed that way.
My response: I feel that throughout the Sari chapter, Miller fully describes every aspect of the experience in order to make the reader be able to have some idea of what it is like to be in their shoes. How he describes every action, feeling and even emotion that Indian women feel in the Sari does cause you to begin imagining these feelings. When I read the chapter, every bit of description made me want to somehow also feel these things so I could somehow relate. However, as I have never wore or even really seen a Sari on somebody up-close I found it difficult to imagine exactly how it would be. I feel that wearing a Sari to Indians is much more than just placing clothes on their body which is what I do so therefore I feel it would be wrong of me to say I could imagine the material experience for an Indian woman because I have nothing to relate the feeling to.
Question: Having read the text, do you think clothing is more or less superficial than you did before?
My response: To me, I feel that fashion can often be seen as superficial to those who wear it in order to escape their true identity, and present themselves as somebody different. I don't believe this to be a bad thing I just believe this then changes whether clothing can be seen simply to be or not to be superficial. Personally, I think it varies for everyone whether clothing is superficial, I have never really thought as my own clothing to be superficial as I simply wear anything I feel like wearing on that day and if my style changes then I think it is simply because as a person we change so why shouldn't our style. I wouldn't say I ever dress for anybody else or for someone to like what I'm wearing but I think some people may. I feel that from reading Miller's 'Why Clothing is not Superficial' it only strengthened my views and made me realise even further that clothing is not something that is superficial even though it is often viewed that way.
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