Posted on 03/09/2005 9:47:25 AM PST by qam1
"About six people in the world wear expensive labels."
And those six are full of themselves. I've never been able to understand why some people think that the brand they wear means anything to anyone except perhaps the rest of the snobs. Those people are in a class by themselves, and it's a class alright, but it isn't "class".
You know what they say about Wagner, his music is better than it sounds.
Sorry, I think Ann Taylor is expensive. May not expensive for some.
Some of the expensive labels are better than other stuff you would find. For example Burberry raincoats are better than London Fog raincoats. No question.
The brands of clothing that nopardons is referencing are rarely worn or recognized outside of major metropolitan areas. Some are bought for quality, some for showing off and some because of brand loyalty that may extend back generations.
IMHO, that's true. Churches seem to be a mixture of social and spiritual function, with varying degrees depending on the established congregation. The more they tend toward the social, the more they're concerned with appearances.
AT makes very decent clothing for working women. Certainly better than the Limited and others...
It's not progressive. It's a reaction to "sameness."
LOL....it's his staging/theatrics,which are superlative,though I do like Wagner;except for THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
My pet peeve: MEN WHO WEAR BASEBALL CAPS IN UPSCALE/MIDSCALE RESTAURANTS!!! I tend to find that many of these men are either rubes or bald guys embarrassed to show their heads. Baseball caps MUST come off when dining, or I will knock it off (that is if said person isn't built like a tank).
It refers to a real tradition in those days that when you went to a wedding, often the host of the wedding would give ALL the guests a garnment to wear for the wedding. People back then, including Yeshua, expected to dress appropriately to the best of their ability. We should expect it now, but many don't.
Years ago Peter Sellers (the director not the comic actor) staged and filmed a bunch of operas set in unique locations -- Marriage of Figaro was set in Trump Tower, Don G. in the South Bronx, etc. They were brilliant and the last operas I could tolerate.
I think it's stunning that you don't believe that G-d's word has anything to say about what to wear and when to wear it or that the Bible has any standards for your lives. How antinomian.
The bible is FULL of texts which show us how to dress appropriately for different situations.
For example, we've been talking alot about wearing jeans at funerals.
Gen 37:34 says, "So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days." Jacob dressed himself in the culturally appropriate way for a funeral or memorial service.
On the other hand, the levites and priests were told explicitly NOT to mourn, even when Aaron's own sons were struck down by the Lord. Lev. 10:6, "Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about. "
Exodus 28 goes through at length about what the priests were supposed to wear, down the fact they were supposed to wear what we would call "underwear" under their clothes.
G-d also calls His people His priests.
Ex. 19:4-7 says, "4 `You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself. 5 `Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel." 7 So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him."
He also tells them they should differentiate male from female in their dress. Deut. 22:5 says, ""A woman shall not wear man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God. "
Mordechai showed respect for his king (who for the most part, hadn't acted in a way deserving of it) by dressing for his office. Esther 8:15, "Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. "
G-d's word also tells us our clothes should be clean ("white", which back then only wealthy people could afford to keep their clothes white) and we should be clean. Ecclesiastes 9:8 says, "Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head."
Psalms tells us in 45:13, "The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold." Aren't you the King's daughter (or son)? Aren't you one of G-d's priestly people? Shouldn't you try to act the part, especially when coming before the King of the Universe in His house?
I still go back to the point I made earlier. People who don't have respect for themselves, for other people, or for G-d will wear "whatever they feel like" wearing whenever they feel like wearing it. On top of that, they believe their lack of respect for themselves, for others and for G-d somehow makes them less of a "Pharisee" than the person who wears their best for G-d. The idea that we wouldn't go out of our way to wear our best for G-d doesn't make sense to me at all.
Oh, I had it wrong then. oops... I agree that some of the more expensive "labels" are of a better quality and will last longer than a cheaper label. As for those who spend a hundred bucks or more on a pair of jeans, etc., IMO that is a ridiculous waste of money, and they weren't purchased for their quality denim, but more for showing off. When I hear of women spending several hundred, if not, thousands of dollars on a dress, or hundreds on shoes....well, I just don't get it. How egotistical do you have to be....wow....it's sick.
I suppose.
True to a point,but just WHEN did Sarasota become a "major metropolitan area" ?
True to a point,but just WHEN did Sarasota become a "major metropolitan area" ?
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