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19. Dressing up - presenting yourself: Part 1

I’ve realized that the way I dress portrays my character and who I truly am, and since I’m no longer at school and working, I must be dressed in clothes wherever I am: work, church, or generally when I’m out. I no longer have the option to wear uniform. It was easy to not pay attention to what I wear or how I wear when I was at school: in crèche, grandma took care of that; in primary school and high school we wore uniform for most of that period. Then university came, and I had to always have an outfit for every single day that I was attending lectures…well, not necessarily an outfit, but I just had to have clothes on and couldn’t depend on wearing the same thing - uniform. I love clothes – absolutely love them! I love dressing up, and I like to keep it as simple as possible. I’m forced to wear clothes - there’s no option to wear uniform, which is great, but also quite costly. It’s not just the clothes that portray me - it’s also how I wear them, the type of clothes I choose