Written by Michael Thervil
There is such a thing as fashion and then there is Houston. People all over the world know and understand that the city of Houston is a blue-collar city. But when it comes to fashion, the following question must be asked: “Why do the vast majority of people in Houston, whether they have a job or not, dress like they’re going to work on a construction site?” This is a serious question that needs some serious answers because we see this so much in Houston whereas women and men dress like construction workers on a Saturday night date. With all the “fashion shows” (we use that term loosely) that goes on here, it would lead one to think that Houston had established some kind of “social dress code” or at the very least an expectation of what’s fashionable in Houston Texas.
Even the children when they go to school look like a bunch of homeless migrants from Venezuela as they pack themselves on school buses that look like they’re too old to ride on. From grown men wearing crocs and skinny jeans sagging off their ass, to the overwhelmingly severely obese and musty women walking around looking like they’re a part of the infamous “Bonnet Gang”. It’s like Houston failed to get the memo when pertaining to what is considered fashionable and what is not. When it comes to people dressing like they're worth something, the number one excuse a lot of Houstonian's give that seems to always roll off the tongue when posed with this challenging observation is because “it’s hot”.
Whether it’s hot or not, there is always a way to dress for the weather; and it's time people of Houston understood that. In the more affluent neighborhoods such as the Galleria and River Oaks, people tend to dress a little better over there, but how they dress is still a far cry from how they could/should look. This doesn’t mean that they should walk around with the logo of designers printed over all the clothes that they wear; and this doesn’t mean that the people that live in the most affluent neighborhoods should wear tons of jewelry and other precious metals and stones. What we are talking about is people that live in these areas and others should seek to dress both more respectfully and in a way that reflects their social class.
For example, if you can afford Blue Sea Cotton instead of polyester and it’s not flashy and screams “attention seeker”, you should opt for that. In other words, the spirit of “Refinement” is something that people of Houston should embrace. We recommend if the hot, humid/dry weather is stopping you from dressing more elegantly as a Houstonian; then we recommend that you go out for lighter colors and lighter weighted clothing and fabric options. Cotton, silk, canvas, linen, and other breathable fabrics should be catching your attention. Don’t let the mundane become the norm when it comes to dressing well in Houston.
Houston is a great city with a lot to offer anyone in America and abroad. The thing Houston has to do if it wants to clean up its image in the world of fashion is raise their level of fashion awareness and social expectations when it comes to what’s fashionable and what’s not when it comes to “fashion accountability”.
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