The quest
to look good...well, no be today the thing start. Man had always strove to look
good and will always do. The part that culture is playing in this aspect of
life is very vital and strategic. What is regarded a mode of dressing in a
particular culture may actually be a taboo in another, hence this has made it difficult
to carve out a niche as a generally accepted way of dressing, modesty being
our only lifeline. With dressing obviously comes Fashion as I am yet to see or
hear a Fashion sense in existence without a form or piece of clothing on. Dressing
in this context therefore involves all forms of appearances, ranging from
hairstyles, headgears, clothes, footwear, etc.
Have you
imagined that having to attend 2 occasions in a day, you might be applauded at
one event and almost stoned at the other because of your appearance...there is
therefore a thin line between Fashion and Craziness. Okay, enough
dilly-dallying, let me hit the hammer on the nail straight up.
I happen
to serve in a Unit where I have the privilege of seeing worshippers as they
alight from their Cars or Buses and walk into the Church auditorium...and this
post is actually my thots on what I have seen over the years. Even if God looks
at the heart, don’t you know you should appear before Him with all sense of moderation?
You won’t even be allowed to see the LG Chairman, Governor let alone President
with some mode of dressing supposedly termed ‘Fashion’. First, I start with the
gentlemen...cos I can easily be done with them in a jiffy.
The major
Fashion/Craziness boundary for guys is the hairstyles and pants (trousers).
Guys need to know that they are not footballers and even the footballers don’t wear
those crazy hairstyles after major tournaments. How can you put up a
hairstyle making you look like Ogre or Dracula? It depicts irresponsibility. Go
outside your homes with all sense of decency and moderation. And finally, with
guys, I thought they have rung the bell on Sagging over and over again? There is
nothing glorifying in sagging, absolutely nothing! I mean...just think about it
for a minute and tell me you see what I’m saying. I rest my case...a word, they
say, is enough for the GUYS!
Now Ladies!
Ladies!! Ladies!!! Choi! Where do I start from? I won’t talk about your
hairstyles cos that can take eternity, so I start from facial appearance with
some obvious rhetorical questions.
Ø Why scrape your eye-lashes off and start drawing as if you
are sponsored by Nike?
Ø Why paint your face with Water-color making your face appear
like a fine art drawing book?
Ø Why pierce your nose and lips as if you are possessed by a
demon?
Ø Why use earrings that can be used in the gym to build
muscles on your fragile ears?
Ø Why paint your lips as if it’s a paint manufacturing
factory?
Next,
I go to the footwear and I really must plead with ladies at this point. Have
you ever checked a lady’s handbag? There is a 95% chance that you are going to
find one plimsoll or slippers in there. Ladies need to know that not every shoe
you see belongs to you, no matter how much it’s pleasing to you, just look away and buy
footwear that make you comfortable. The quest for high heels and to feel among is
alarming. You see ladies walking as if they have boils on their legs or feet,
and they always walk in pairs...as support for one another. The footwear that
is naturally meant to stabilize you now becomes something making you dangle on
the street.
Coming
back to the pants, don’t y’all have a mirror in your rooms? You inconvenience
yourself so much on the street that you continually use one hand to pull down
your skirt as you walk along the road. Which prompts the question, didn’t you
know the skirt was short when you wore it in your room? It’s craziness, I think,
to dress to inconvenience yourself just to supposedly please people on the
street. I wrote supposedly because the truth is, we are actually not pleased,
rather, we see so much discomfort written all over your face, and the sight is
not pleasing at all.
I can
go on and on, but I think moderation is key in everything we do. Please be
moderate. Place your comfort over any other thing or person or situation. Don’t
cross that thin line between Fashion and Craziness. Dress Fashionably tho!
