Costume Interview

For my video, I decided to interview a bunch of UNCG students about what they were wearing and how they thought people saw them based on their clothing. A character's costume has to depict their personality, their relationships to other characters, and other traits. For most college students, they don't realize that their everyday clothing says something about their personality or character, when in reality, it's usually the first thing we notice about people. "Dressing to Impress" makes a good first impression because it says you care about your appearance and therefore yourself. And how often do we describe other people not by what they actually look like, but by what they are wearing at that moment? Whether you want it to or not, clothing defines you.

Here's the text from one interview:

Me: What are you wearing today?

Spencer: I am wearing this t-shirt, which says "Some Kids R Gay. That's OK." and I'm wearing a pair of black shorts with a little bit of color on them and a pair of flip-flops.

Me: Why are you wearing this outfit today?

Spencer: Most importantly, because it was clean. Secondly, because I think it's important and supports gay people, and it goes well together. And it's comfortable.

Me: What do you think this outfit says about you? Like how do you think people see you based on what you're wearing?

Spencer: I think I've attracted more stares today than I usually do because I generally don't wear things that say things that are possibly controversial. So I think people one, probably see me as homosexual, I would assume, even though I would be totally fine with a straight person wearing this shirt. I don't think you have to be gay to wear this shirt. And i think...probably people see me as gay and therefore have whatever opinion they have on that, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. I've gotten both today. I've heard "I like your shirt" and I've had really nasty stares as well.

Costume Interview