Word: garments
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...purchase of a garment signifies many decisions, some of which we may not even be considering: what markets we are going to support and reject, how important status is to us, how genuine the expression of this garment is, and if it is genuine, whether our agreement with it is, as well. These represent larger, life decisions that dictate how we live and why, what we believe is important and why. These are things that are done, not to advertise to others how we live, but for our own sake, to satisfy our own sense of what is right...
...seized on head scarves as a symbol of women's affiliation with their hard-line beliefs; others say the hijab's prevalence was simply the way daughters of immigrants embraced Muslim traditions and identity. Muslim families who want their daughters to wear head scarves at school argue that the garment is an integral and private part of their faith. Opponents claim that the scarves are a symbol of militancy, incompatible with French rules prohibiting religious expression in public schools...
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...Garment District also sells new pre-fab outfits, including sexy German barmaid dresses ($44), hula skirts and Renaissance Sorceress ensembles...
...good for my boy. Besides, the jacket was cheap compared with the $525 vintage Levi's ("That's five bills for pants somebody else pooped in!" my husband exclaimed when I told him about the diminutive jeans). But I remembered that I was about to buy a garment my son would wear once and quickly outgrow and that, in today's economy, thrifty is in. I went back...