Lesson
How you dress, what clothes you wear, how you wear them, and how clean they are, affect how you look, and people treat you better if you look better. Looking good can also be like an artist making a pretty picture, and it can make life more pretty for yourself.
What exactly looks good depends changes from year to year. What looks good now is different than what looked good when mommy and daddy were your age. You should pay attention to what people around you are wearing because that helps you know what looks good right now. What looks good is influenced by what famous people wear, it’s also influenced by clothing artists who live in big cities, design clothes, and show off their clothes in shows.
However, no matter what looks good, you can always make sure that you have clean clothes when you’re going to be around people. Also, some colors go better with each other no matter what specific clothing you’re wearing. For example, there are warm colors like yellow, red, and orange, and cool colors like blue and purple; often a cool color and a warm color mixed together look good.
White, black, and grey can go with either warm or cool colors, they are neutral colors. It’s often good to wear at least one neutral color so that people will focus on the other color better.
Also try not to wear colors together that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. They will clash. If you do put them together, make one lighter than the other.
Colors right next to each other on the color wheel also work well together, since they are easy on the eyes.
Black doesn’t go with either blue or brown. Grey doesn’t go with brown. Brown often goes with the warmer colors to create an earth-toned look.
Try to pair light with dark things, don’t have an all-dark outfit or an all-light outfit.
Some sunday clothes have patterns like checkers or lines. If you are wearing two things with patterns, make sure the patterns aren’t the same size.
With Sunday clothes, always make sure they fit, if they’re too loose your clothes can look like you’re wearing a sheet. If they’re too tight they crunch up and tense up. They should be snug but comfortable.
When you’re older, how big your face is and other things about your body will help determine how big your lapels and other parts of your clothes should be.
Also, what looks good for Sunday clothes doesn’t change a lot. Many men wear suits and ties, a which is a coat with a matching pair of pants. Some men wear a tan pant call a khaki along with a shirt and tie. Sometimes they wear a pant and a coat that isn’t the same color, but they still match. More and more men are wearing coats without ties. Generally the important aspects of Sunday clothes for men are: the belt, shoes, socks, pants, shirt, tie, handkerchief (optional), vest (optional), sweater (optional), overcoat (optional).
Activities
Iron a shirt, polish shoes, go to a menswear place in the mall, watch a fashion show on Youtube. Critique their clothes (in a non-judgey, purely aesthetic way). Critique and discuss the outfits of other people. Let them pick out your clothes for the day. Emphasize their favorite colors.
Future
When they are older go to a fashion show. Go shopping with them and help them pick out clothes.
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