How we present ourselves is considered a very important aspect in most people’s eyes. Since we do not want to be judged by our peers, we try to alter how we look and dress to fit what our society presently thinks is attractive. It has been like this for a very long time. Men and women exercise and go on diets to try to mold their bodies to an image that is attractive. As the host says in the video, “Before you can sell a product, you gotta sell you.” This is absolutely right when it comes to modern society. On billboards you do not see people who are look ordinary and dress ordinary, you see people who are attractive and are dressed nicely.
In the video, Chelsea is considered a woman who dresses “frumpy” or “unattractive.” In the series the hosts give the guest a makeover to make them more feminine. At the end of the clip, after Chelsea has been “transformed,” the host remarks: “It’s hard to believe that you’re the same woman.” Chelsea points out that she is in fact the same woman. Chelsea is right, she is definitely the same woman. Society judges us too much based on our appearance to a point that it is not necessary and overwhelming. How we look should not at all define who we are as a person. If we were to be proud of how we look and ignore the way society judges us then we would all feel better about ourselves.
Chelsea is someone who does not follow this idea. In the video, Chelsea is shown wearing “unattractive” or “frumpy” clothing
There is a concept named a “first impression” when people judge someone only based on his/her appearance (because of lack of information). Often, it must be so. For example, if I have a choice with whom to start a conversation – with some drunk, dirty man or with a man in a suit, then I have no doubt to choose the second, just because he looks nicer. The factor of choice in relation to appearance is the major thing. I believe that people express themselves and their interests in their clothes and how they look.
Another important fact is that we choose our friends by similarity. So, it is easier, when you could see people similar to you by their clothes and their look, then it is more likely that your interests and values would be the same. Moreover, the society doesn’t force us to look the same in everyday life, it’s just offer to us different styles, but it’s only our right to accept or not. And if you don’t want to accept it, then you’ll find some people who don’t accept it too.
However, the society forces us to look on a particular way at work. For example, construction workers have to wear a helmet and special clothes for security purposes; the office workers have to wear suits in order to be presentable and not to distract others from the work by their appearance. So, we have to fit certain standards and norms to be acceptable to the job or to the particular group.