Do you often find yourself in situations where people are laughing at your fashion choices? Does it bother you so much that they don’t seem to understand how someone could be comfortable in a style that puts the wearer in such a precarious position? Or do you see their laughter as a sign of respect for your sense of humor? There are some instances where people laugh at other people’s fashion, as it is honest and true to who the individual is and come together a fashion picture in motion. However, most of this laughter comes from ignorance about what certain trends mean or represent.
Here are seven reasons people might laugh about your fashion:
1. They don’t understand
The first reason is the most obvious, yet it is also the easiest to solve. As long as your sense of fashion doesn’t interfere with your ability to socialize with others, then who cares what others think of what you wear? If people are laughing at you because they don’t understand why anyone would wear something like that, then there really isn’t much you can do about it. Unless you want to explain yourself to everyone, these people are better off tittering amongst themselves about your funny fashion.
2. They’re jealous
Another common reason for people mocking another person’s style is jealousy. Usually this takes the form of an attack on some other person’s fashion choice. People are never one hundred percent happy with their own appearance, and you can bet that if someone else makes a fashionable statement, there will most likely be some sort of insult about it.
3. They’re making fun of you for no reason
Another foul play that is often done under the guise of harmless laughter is making fun of people for no reason at all. Sometimes this is done in public, but other times it happens behind closed doors. Either way, when people laugh at you for no reason at all, it can be seen as a form of harassment.
4. They’re jealous because you are wearing something that looks good on you
People are incredibly judgmental about fashion, and many times there will be an attack on another person’s choice of garment in order to make themselves look better by comparison. This does not necessarily have to be a mean-spirited thing either. Often this happens under the guise of harmless compliments by those who really have no idea what they’re talking about.
5. They have never seen anyone else wearing what you’re wearing
In the fashion industry, there is a saying that “first impressions last.” This means that the way you present yourself to others can often set the stage for what they will remember of your appearance. If a person sees someone who seems like they would normally wear something completely different, they might laugh at them because they do not know how else to react when confronted with something that looks completely unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. In this situation, if it’s not either a judgment or an insult, it’s simply a look of confusion and bewilderment rather than mockery.
6. They got something wrong
There are plenty of instances where people laugh at other people’s fashion the moment they see something that is not the norm. Often this focus has to do with something rather small and insignificant, like a pair of socks or mismatched shoes, but in other cases it may be much more serious, like when a person sees you wearing trousers as underwear. This usually just presents as confusion; however, if it goes too far, then it can be seen as harassment. Hopefully this will prove that there is only one reason why people might laugh at your fashion: if they didn’t understand it to begin with.
7. People like you
The last, and most important reason to keep your fashion sense positive is because when people laugh at what you are wearing, it’s proof that they respect the way you present yourself. When it comes down to it, laughing at someone is a form of flattery because they are expressing a sense of closeness or affiliation with the individual in question. If you look good enough to make people laugh, then that really tells you all you need to know about how far your fashion has come and how great your sense of style is.
Conclusion of this article:
As you can see, there are a lot of reasons for people to laugh about your fashion. This is especially true if it is a situation where there is no reason for laughter at all. If you have found that people laugh at fashion choices you make in public, then chances are you are wearing either something that is too embarrassing or too shocking for them. Often this has nothing to do with what they think of your sense of style but more on how they feel about themselves as a result of seeing someone else make an honest and outlandish choice in their appearance.
