| Only points 1 through 3 and the latter half of point 4 are "rational". Because Points 4 and 5 conflict with points 1 through 3. "Grace and beauty" is culturally determined and is in the subjective eye of the beholder. Optimizing a given piece of clothing for "grace and beauty" and "Not departing too conspicuously from the ordinary dress of the time", often inherently entails de-prioritizing the rational ideals laid out in points 1 through 3, and the latter half of point 4. I am someone who used a fanny pack back when it was "in fashion"(according to some), and kept wearing it even when it went "out of fashion"(according to some), and I still keep wearing it, and I'm told by some that it's starting to come back to being "in fashion" again. I don't care about "grace and beauty" and conforming to the ever-changing arbitrary dressing norms(whims) of society. The fanny pack is extremely useful to me. And so are cargo pants. I wore and still wear cargo pants, sweatpants, and shorts, pretty much everywhere. Even to weddings. Yeah, I get weird looks. I do it regardless. I don't care. If you don't want to associate with me for this reason, good riddance, I say. My insistence on wearing cargo pants and fanny packs serves as an incidentally beneficial filter against conformist people. If I had to observe points 4 and 5, I will have had to redesign the fanny pack and cargo pants and sweatpants, nerfing its functionality, going against points 1 through 3. I haven't purchased new piece of clothing over 20 years and I don't see myself ever needing to do so ever again. So I would add a point 6 - * "Only buy clothes that last. Buy once. Use forever. Also learn to mend your clothes." * |