Post by bordura on Nov 14, 2009 15:33:23 GMT -5
Well Americans are people like every other people of this earth. they are the same as Greeks, Serbs, Albanians, British, Filipinos whatever, if we go on the cherry picking mode sure you would find monstrous looks on every group, but keep in mind in US u have NYC, LA, San Francisco that are one of fashion capitals of the world along with Rome, Paris and London and you'd find Mid-West, so it depends what you want to see and how you want to portray it. Overall an American differs from a European fashion wise on the way they think, most of the time they do not relate social status with the fabric they cover their body that is a generalization, but most of the time they tend to be more functional then make a statement. It comes to their range of freedom engraved on their mentality. They stand for what they are not for what they look like. In opposite in Europe an individual it is aware how it is perceived from the crowd. Deep deep it has to do with the individuals strive to get accepted in certain circles. In Europe you can fake your status for a while by just dressing schik and acting mundane. In US that makes you close to a scam artist lol. Anyway just for information Europe it is twice the US population, but all Europian fashion iconic brands sell more in US then in Europe!!!! Ferrari sells double of cars that it sells on the rest of the world. Chanel's. Valentine's, Christian Dior's, Lancome's, Rolexes, Prada's and many high end fashion brands have an orgy with US sales compared to the rest of the markets it must be Americans that use this products not Aliens.
Anyway back to Orthodox Priests look; tradition it is important, but tradition not improved and build upon becomes an indicator of being stuck. The only way tradition has; is to help you with the moment and the future, otherwise it is just a time capsule valued in museums. And Priests are not people of God more than a simple believer is. God didn't come to earth and appoint an administrative bureaucracy (priests) as more Godly then the rest. It is this group of people (priest, mullahs, preaches) of any religion that function as a cast. As any cast they have different approaches. In those religions or schisms where this cast has changed and moved in sync with the society obviously life it is freer
and we have the rest that churns along as an old train trying to reach the station.
Anyway back to Orthodox Priests look; tradition it is important, but tradition not improved and build upon becomes an indicator of being stuck. The only way tradition has; is to help you with the moment and the future, otherwise it is just a time capsule valued in museums. And Priests are not people of God more than a simple believer is. God didn't come to earth and appoint an administrative bureaucracy (priests) as more Godly then the rest. It is this group of people (priest, mullahs, preaches) of any religion that function as a cast. As any cast they have different approaches. In those religions or schisms where this cast has changed and moved in sync with the society obviously life it is freer
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