Monday Questionnaire
costumes, uniforms, and second skins
1. Have you belonged to any group that identifies with wearing special colors? What are their symbolism?
2. What's your favorite comfy outfit for kickin' around?
3. How do people dress in your workplace?
Bonus: Where do socks go when they run away?
posted by kStyle @ 9:40 PM
2 Comments:
1. Capoeira angola players traditionally wear yellow tee shirts, sometimes with black designs, because the great Mestre Pastinha had his students wear these colors in honor of his favorite soccer club. Some angoleiros wear black pants, but most I've seen wear white pants. The white symbolizes purity, but also part of the capoeira challenge is to keep the white pants clean, never letting anything but hands and feet touch the ground.
Mestres and regional players often wear all white.
2. I'm partial these days to merino wool long johns, brown LL Bean cords, and a long-sleeve tee shirt. I add a super-soft gray and white sweater to the ensemble as needed. Like warmth. Cold bad.
3. It's a very casual workplace--jeans, shirts, khakis; ties or skirts only when an author visits the office, and only for the people meeting with the author. Given the laid-back dress, it's easy to pick out people there on sales calls or interviews. They wear dark suits. Ha ha.
Shiatsu clothes, if it can believed, are even more casual. I usually wear a gray long-sleeved tee shirt under a brightly colored shiatsu school tee shirt (emblazoned with crane logo). I wear pants suitable to a yoga class and my cleanest socks.
I like Emma's "socktori" explanation. I'll go along with that.
Excellent, love it!
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