The Art of Personal Adornment

The Art of Personal Adornment

In general I am very simplistic and modest in the way in which I dress myself. My jewelry includes only my wedding ring and the necklace my husband gave me on our last anniversary. I do not wear much make-up and when I do it is very minimal, only to enhance my current features. I choose to dress this way because I feel like this is the best representation of who I am. I am not an attention seeking person, I have never been. I feel like the way in which I present myself to the world shows a lot about my character and I feel that I have a very wholesome and genuine character. I believe in God and I believe that my body is a temple to be used for God’s purposes. Currently I am the director of the preschool at my church and modesty is very important when working with children. If I tried to dress more shockingly or to stand out from the crowd I don’t feel like that would be a good example that I would be setting for these children and for that matter my own daughter. I want my daughter to grow up with a good example of how to grow to be a strong and independent woman like the example I was given as a child. I don’t want her to think about fitting in or standing out from the crowd. She needs to understand that her personal adornments should have nothing to do with what path she chooses to live her life on. Before I became a wife and a mom, I probably dressed a little more trendy, like most young adults in high school but I still had the same values so I really haven’t changed that much, and I have never worn much jewelry or make-up.
In my family, it was always really important that you adorn yourself the way in which you want others to perceive you. Growing up and always doing well in school and volunteering through my church and in my community I felt like I wanted others to perceive mw as a very responsible young adult. I didn’t really feel like I was ever on the same page in my life as my peers. I still don’t. Not many college students get married right out of high school and then three years later have a baby with their spouse. (Who do not divorce). I still try to be the responsible one and I don’t mind beig perceived that way. This was how I was raised.
I feel like my peer community, no matter which crowd are still trying to please. I feel like some dress more trendy trying to impress their friends, some try to dress differently maybe to please themselves or by peer pressure to stand out from the crowd. No matter how they dress or adorn themselves, I feel like most college students are still trying to find themselves and understand who they want to be. Not what they want to do with their lives, that is completely different. But who they want to be perceived as, who they want themselves to be as individuals, and who they want to be as compared the their peers. I believe that styles and personal adornment for most college students change quite a bit as they try to find their place in this world, and as they try to find what works best for them.