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Who Is to Say What's Proper?

Alice's Mother : Where is your corset? And no stockings! Alice : I'm against them. AM : But you are not properly dressed. A : Who's to say what's proper? What if it were agreed that "proper" meant wearing a codfish on your head? Would you wear it? AM : Alice. A : To me a corset is like a codfish. Honestly, I am of two minds on what is "proper" dress. 1. One should dress appropriate to the season, venue, and event; one should dress appropriate to one's body type. [i.e., leggings are not pants - the outline of your genitalia should be covered in public; grown men should not wear short pants in the City; do not wear hiking gear to the Opera or Ballet; socks and sandals are just plain out - pick one and stick with it; belly-bands, whale-tails, rear-cleavage (of either gender), undergarments (thongs, whale-tails, bra straps, knickers) should be covered (the occasional waistband while reaching or bending is going to happen, but should be mi...