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Sexy clothing is a clothing category term whose meaning is determined by the individual: in regard to clothing, what one person considers attractive another may not, in the same way that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The term involves more than the garments themselves — attitude and frame of mind are treated as part of the overall presentation, and there is a recognized difference between clothing described as pretty or beautiful and clothing described with this term. The category connects to garment pages such as dresses, lingerie, tank tops, tube tops, short skirts and sleepwear.
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They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Meaning that each person views beauty differently. Many think of beauty as a physical appearance, and other believe beauty comes from within. As a matter of fact, many people believe it is a combination of the two.
In regard to clothing, the term sexy or sexy clothing can also be a term that is up to the individual to determine the true meaning. What may be sexy in your eyes, may not be at all attractive in mine. For example, some women may wear a tight shirt and short skirt thinking that they are dressing sexy. However, before they get dressed, they may wish to be kind to others and take into consideration their age and weight... Possibly, their current physical appearance does not warrant a short skirt and tight top.
Dressing sexy is more then simply wearing "sexy clothes". Many believe that a sexy attitude, is required. The sexy frame of mind, almost accessorizes the sexy clothing that one would wear. Think of a sexy mindset as a fashion accessory that must be worn with your wardrobe. With out the proper attitude, you may turn out to be wearing pretty clothing, or beautiful clothing. There is a big difference between "pretty" and "sexy".
Some of us can get away with dressing like a fashion celebrity, but others of us can not. Many of us will never look like a beautiful celebrity no matter how hard we try. Despite the fact that we may be sexy on the inside, we may not be able to pull off wearing sexy clothing on the outside...
If you are feeling beautiful, you may wish to buy sexy clothing. But please be careful to understand that "sexy" is in the eyes of the beholder. You may not want to dress too sexy if the rest of the world thinks you are not.
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Most garment terms in this directory name something measurable: a strap width, a fabric construction, a silhouette. This term is different — it names a judgment. Whether an outfit belongs in this category depends on the beholder, on context, and on the wearer's own presentation, which is why the terminology treats attitude as part of the definition. A garment does not carry the label by itself; the label is applied to the combination of clothing, fit and the confidence of the person wearing it.
That subjectivity has practical consequences for how the term is used commercially. Retailers use it as a merchandising category — grouping dresses, clubwear and other occasion clothing for shoppers searching with that word — while knowing the same merchandise could equally be described as pretty, beautiful or elegant. The distinctions among those adjectives are distinctions of emphasis: pretty and beautiful describe the clothing's appearance, while this term describes an intended effect that includes the wearer's presentation.
For terminology purposes, the useful points are the boundaries of the category. It overlaps with fit-focused categories such as shapewear, with revealing-construction categories such as spaghetti straps, and with occasion categories such as clubwear and sleepwear, but it is identical to none of them. It also changes with age, setting and culture in ways fixed garment terms do not — which is exactly why a terminology directory defines it by its subjectivity rather than by a garment list.
It is a subjective category label: whether clothing falls under this term is determined by the individual viewer's judgment, not by a fixed garment specification. The same outfit can be described differently by different observers.
No. Presentation is treated as part of the term's meaning: the wearer's attitude and frame of mind function almost as an accessory to the clothing, which is why a distinction is drawn between clothing that reads as pretty or beautiful and clothing described with this term.
The category pages connected with the term include dresses, lingerie, tank tops, tube tops, short skirts, sleepwear and clubwear — garment types whose styling commonly involves fit and presentation choices.
