Thursday, October 25, 2007

Sartorial Splendor

It is rare that a loyal subject says anything of consequence to the King. But on this Rainy, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day a commoner touched my heart with the following (Disregard the crude use of language; we are going for sentiment in this case):

ooooo King and (not to be named royal) look rully rully good today lol...but then you always dress well...today was more like "I'm going to Olympia fashion show after this nonsense."

I am sure what this commoner was attempting to say is the king clearly takes himself seriously. Not only does he believe himself the most fit to rule but he also understands that he must present himself as such to the world. Often, it is not enough to verbally communicate how you have ordered your world. One must non-verbally, in the form of dress, demeanor, and even scent say to the world, "This, right here, is all mine. Respect the crown."

If any of my loyal subjects remain unclear as to the importance of their manner of dress I leave them with the following:

When you wake up in the morning, you're relatively objective about what the day has in store for you--sometimes you're more apprehensive, sometimes you're more optimistic, sometimes you're less. But as you're getting dressed, if you look in the mirror and you think that you look great, then you're going to be as good as you can be. But if you think you look clumsy or awkward, you might as well just go out and get hit by a car, because you don't have a chance. In other words, how you see yourself is the way you'll end up being. Not taking those few moments in the morning to decide what you're saying to people by how you're choosing to dress is a lost opportunity. - Kenneth Cole

2 comments:

Char said...

"But if you think you look clumsy or awkward, you might as well just go out and get hit by a car, because you don't have a chance."

hahaha...but why are there such few car accidents and oh soo many fashion faux pas??? The Citi runway (read: lunchroom) is a prime example!

Michelle Clayborne said...

and the quote comes out. what was that less than a week?