http://last-mizrahi.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] last-mizrahi.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-06-09 11:21 pm
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Inside Out -- Class 5, Period 2 [Tuesday]

Today’s topic was rather inspired by the shopping trip that was looming rather, well, ominously in her very near future. Her tomorrowish future even. What had she been thinking? Juli considered the fact that it would, at least, be nice to go out with Charlotte but at the same time her fingers itched to make a list of what to buy.

She suspected that Charlotte would take the list from her, fold it up, and refuse to let her see it. The whole… impulse-shopping wasn’t something Juli thought she’d be good at.

Ah, well. It would be an… experience. She’d give it a try.

“We’ll be talking about clothing today,” she said quietly. “On this planet there are many different cultures and with those cultures come different styles of dress. This idea is only furthered when you add alternate universes and worlds into the equation. These differences in apparel can be subtle, or incredibly overt.”

“What I’m wearing, for instance, is considered to be high-end professional in my universe,” Juli continued. “Here, it can garner a few glances, but otherwise manages to pass mostly uncommented upon. This isn’t the same for everyone,” she said, thinking of Temari’s fishnet… issue, and Giselle’s dresses.

“From your world to this, what are the main differences in style do you think? Do you prefer your own world’s way of doing things, or do you rather this one? For those of you from this world, or one so like it that there’s not an appreciable difference in what is worn, what clothing do you prefer? Why? Is it for what it looks like, how practical it is, the way it feels?”

She folded her hands neatly over her stomach. “You may begin.”

[Wait for the OCD is up!]

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[identity profile] stucklikadope.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Giselle

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] thankgoditsme.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
"It's pretty much the same for me. Though from what I can tell, our 80s were a little tamer than what they came up with around here."

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] scary-jeff.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Jeff chewed on the question for a bit. "I liked the patterns," he said, after a dramatic pause, and left it at that.

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I usually like something that's practical that resembles a Starfleet uniform," said Hoshi. "But since coming to Fandom, I find myself picking up clothing just for the different colors."

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're very popular," said Hoshi. "But I never got to leave the house and my grandparents died, the only person I saw on a daily basis was my tutor. I used to wear the same thing all the time. It wasn't until I got to Fandom that I started to appreciate the variety of clothing available."

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, it wasn't like I was going to see anyone, so most of my clothes were more functional than fun, and pretty much everything was the same shade of blue," explained Hoshi.

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a bit of both?" asked Hoshi. "She always bought the same stuff for me, but my brothers would come home from school and ask for the type of clothes that the other kids would wear, and she would get it for them. I never asked for anything."

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," said Hoshi. "At least, it never occurred to me until I found myself in the dorms talking to other students and realizing that I was a little out of touch with the fashions of this time period. That's when someone introduced me to clothes shopping."

Re: Discussion!

[identity profile] stucklikadope.livejournal.com 2008-06-11 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"What people wear here is so dreary," Giselle said, a frown marring her brow for a moment. "It could be much prettier."