The Language of Clothes

1. Do you judge people according to what they wear? Why?

Yes, sometimes I judge people according to what they wear. But I don’t judge if they are nice, smart, or rich from their clothes. I judge their clothes because it helps me understand a little about what kind of person they are, what color the person likes, what kind of design the person prefers, or something like that. From the color or design people wear, we can usually assume many things about the person, but it’s not always right. So I can judge you from your clothes, but I want to talk with you to know why you prefer the color or design of your clothes!

2. Do you think Japanese society puts an importance on clothing when judging other people from another country?

I don’t think so. In my opinion, Japanese people care about only their own clothes, or maybe only care about what clothes Japanese people wear. Japanese people sometimes care about their own clothes too much, so when they judge other people who come from another country, I don’t think they care about other people’s clothes. It’s because Japanese people usually know that some people from other countries don’t care about their clothes as much as Japanese people care about theirs. So I don’t think Japanese society puts an importance on clothing when judging other people from another country.

3. What colors are you wearing now? Do they reflect your mood?

Right now, I am wearing pink. I am not sure this pink reflects my mood today or not because I only hurriedly picked this when I woke up this morning. :o)In my opinion, the colors people choose usually reflect their mood. It’s because everyone has their own favorite colors, and they choose them by themselves. Also, colors have special powers to make us happy or calm. Maybe that’s why sometimes we feel like “Oh I want to wear something red today!”, “I don’t want to wear green today… ”, or something like that. I think we are always considering the color of our clothes when we choose our clothes in order to reflect our mood, and also our clothes’ colors are considering our mood when choosing us. ;o)


Next week we will discuss friends, please prepare by answering the following questions
1. What are some subjects that you will never discuss with a friend?

It’s interesting question. I think it depends on how close we are. I guess I would never discuss weight with friends because Japanese girls particularly hate the topic. We talk about dieting, but we never talk about exactly how much we weigh, like “How much do you weigh now?” It’s always a top secret topic.
But yea, I think it really depends on how close we are because I am a girl, and all girls in the world love talking, as you know.

2. Do you have different friends for different parts of your life? If so, how are they different to you? Do you talk about different things? Go to different places? Give me some examples.

Yes, I think so. I hope I understood this question.

But, I will not choose friends for different parts of my life. I want to let people do whatever they want. For example, I have some friends who like going out at night, like to drink or dance, and they always ask me to go with them. I will go out with them because they want me to go with them and because I want to go out with them too. However one of another my friends, she doesn't like drinking, so she never asks me to drink with her. She loves to go on walks, so she always asks me if I want to go for a walk together. I will go because she wants me to with her, and because I want to go with her, too. I talk with her about drinking, so it's not any secret, even though she doesn't like drinking.

So, I prefer to accommodate myself to my friends rather than to choose friends for myself (or different parts of my life).