As I walk around Colorado State University I see beautiful women everywhere. There are definently women of all different shapes and sizes but some sizes are more prevalent than others. Last year as I walked around campus I was blind to most of the sizes I was seeing. I would see the size 2 women. The size 4 women and the occasional size 6. I wasn't paying any attention to the women of larger sizes. I notice when people are dressed up. When I see small women dresses up I figure that they are dressed that way because they are comfortable with how they look in those clothes. Comfortable is something I still struggle with. If I'm wearing "real people clothes" I'm probably in a vulnerable state. In the past I felt like I was being judged. Like people were looking at me and asking how I had the audacity to wear something tight fitting or moderately short. I was self-conscious. I still am at least a little, maybe slightly more than the average college girl to be honest.
But now as I look around campus and see women big and small. I see women wearing all different types of clothes. I don't know what to think really. I appreciate the fit girls wearing athletic clothes or a T-shirt because it makes me think that maybe they don't mind what they look like so much. I like seeing curvy, possibly even plus sized women wearing stylish "real people clothes." I makes me see that they are confident in themselves even if their body isn't their favorite attribute. Or maybe their body is their favorite attribute and they don't see the petite girls as the ideal size. I see people of all different sizes wearing all different sizes of clothing and rocking them.
One day I will be able to put on "real people clothes" and feel as confident as I do in workout attire. However, I don't believe that day is here yet.
Wear what makes you comfortable.
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