Clothes inform us about who we think we are! They tell us to be comfortable, or stiff, or professional, or worse, sexy. They are as much about attitude and behavior as they are about utility in the strictest sense. This strikes me as odd. It seems odd, for instance, that clothes would provide emotional comfort at all. Take your favorite pair of jeans, or shirt, or type of jeans or shirt, and ask yourself why you prefer this/these items. Lots of times the answer will be comfort, but I think it is much more along the lines of finding oneself acceptable in these clothes, that is, emotionally comfortable.
Still, I don't know why clothes would make me or you or any of us more or less emotionally comfortable, so long as they perform their basic social function.
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