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Expression of being: The author writes about the significance of clothing PIC: UNSPLASH.COM
Expression of being: The author writes about the significance of clothing PIC: UNSPLASH.COM

Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer, sometimes called fashion’s greatest humanist, and other times, fashion’s ground-breaking designer, was right – clothing is the closest thing to all humans.

Indeed, clothes are variously closest to our bodies, our hearts, our sense of identity, and our public image. In fact, if we look closely, we will find that this closeness is actually a psychological connection with ourselves.

In other words, you could say that this connection is the public presentation of our private sincerity with ourselves.

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