Essay on Semiotics of Personal Objects
Ever since I was a little girl, clothes and shoes have been important to me. I loved picking out my
own outfits for school, and finding just the right color Keds or sandals to match. It truly was a
passion. Even now, many years later, here I am, the same shopaholic and fashion maniac I have
always been. After researching semiotics, which in short, is the method of interpreting signs and
finding a deeper meaningin everyday activities, I realize, that my reasoning for choosing the
clothes and shoes that I chose, is deeper, than just the fact that I looked cute, it was a choice of
statements I was making each and every time. The question is what statements did I make?
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Not that I am out to make anyone think I have loads of money, but it feels good when people
walk up to you and say things like, Wow, I love your shoes. Diesel shoes are so awesome. It just
makes you feel good, about the way you look and about your keen sense of fashion. Not that diesel
shoes have always been this way, shifts in popularity make them the symbol that they are. When I
wear thee shoes, I am saying that
fashion is important enough to me that I am willing and able to spend hundreds of dollars on
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shoes. Every outfit decision makes a statement, whether you realize it or not, and people form
opinions and stereotypes about you based on those symbols whether they realize it or not. Not to
say its right or wrong, it just is.
Another item I wish to discuss, in semiotic terms are my old, faded, black sweat pants, or as I
like to call them my comfy clothes. Now, there not new, hip or expensive, but they are some of
my favorite pants in the whole world. I wear, them when I want to be comfortable and casual, and
when I am not trying to impress anyone. I would never think of wearing them to work, church, or
on a date. But why not? What make it okay to go shopping in, but not good enough for dinner and
a movie with a guy. Well, before I knew about semiotics, I would say its just common sense, but
now I know that it is deeper than that. When
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