Put On Your Comfy Pants: How Clothes Protect Us & Connect Us

<p>We wear clothes for ourselves, but also as a statement of who we are to the outside world.&nbsp;</p><p>Are we casual or formal? Loose and relaxed. Or rigid and constructed? Through our clothes, the message we are telling complete strangers who are dressed like us: we are connected. Clothes can also give another signal: that we are alone and lonely.&nbsp;</p><p>Clothes are a physical reflection of our internal thoughts and our internal longings.&nbsp; They are a shield against external elements and a signal of what we want to say about who we are.</p><p>They tell the world, even to someone casually walking by you on the street, that you aren’t alone because your choice might have a chance of connecting to someone else.&nbsp;</p><p>Put on your comfy pants and let’s explore how clothes protect us and connect us to each other.&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>