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I was at Starbucks getting my usual Caramel Macchiato and I saw two princesses walk into the store! They were two girls who looked like they were in high school or something that were dressed up. They looking so cute. There was one girl who was dressed as Snow White and I couldn’t tell who the other girl was supposed to be. The other girl was dressed in a huge pink dress. I was stumped on what character she was supposed to be so I asked, “I know you are supposed to be Snow White, (then looking at the girl in the pink dress) but who are you supposed to be?” The girl in the pink dress replied, “My, you don’t know your princesses very well do you?” I then smiled and nodded. She then said, “My friend is Snow White, and I am Sleeping Beauty!” I was really surprised to hear that because I had forgotten that Sleeping Beauty wore pink. But now I remember the scene in the end of the movie where her dress is changing colors from pink to blue.
I asked Sleeping Beauty earlier in their visit if they were on their way to a party or some kind of event and she said, “We’re just getting coffee!” I laughed and then Snow White said, “It’s been a long day in the castle.” I thought those girls were pretty funny. I love seeing people dressed up. Now it has been two days in a row that I’ve seen people in costume, the first day being the time I saw Iron Man at the movie theater. There is something special about seeing people dressed up. It’s like having a special moment added to your day which will make the memory stick around forever. I remember the time I dressed up as Toad from Super Mario Bros. 2 for Halloween in San Francisco. I went into my Biology class and took a test with this giant mushroom hat. Then on the bus guess what happened! I ran into Princess Peach and Super Mario! It was so funny. I even hung out with the two of them for the huge street party. It was a lot of fun.
This brings me to think about modern fashion. It seems that people’s clothing these days doesn’t look very costume-like. It is pretty functional clothing. I guess when you look at high fashion in big cities you notice people dressing up more. But usually, here in Southern California it seems like people wear exercise clothing in the morning and early afternoon. And in the evening men wear jeans and women wear shirts and dresses very rarely. It isn’t extremely exciting. I get a lot of comments on the T-Shirts that I wear and that’s usually because I’m wearing one of my 80’s Transformers shirts or my spaceship shirt. But when you think about it, people really notice clothing. Some people say your clothing is what people use to quickly ascertain your status and station in life. I seem to agree. I can almost tell if someone is homeless or not by this certain way the dirt cakes the clothing. And then people who are wearing expensive clean clothes often appear to be rich or put together. But looks can be deceiving.
-Tyler