What is considered trashy clothing and classy clothing? What is classy style? Classy Vs Trashy.

The choice you have is to wear things within a defined set of items. Just for an example, you can choose to wear a shirt, Indian Saree or a churidar to an office. You need to choose from those things. That's the choice you have. You also need to choose from amongst those dresses you have in your dress cabinet(are you not bothered by the restrictions in that regard BTW?)

Else.... You have the choice to wear whatever you want. Your colleagues however will have the choice of calling you a trash of you choose to wear a swimwear to office.

You can curtail one choice for another. If you are saying others should not speak out against you (for wearing a swimwear), then you are curbing their “choice”.

Therefore even if we go by your norms, there is still a curbing of chpice(the choice of other people in that office).

In other words I see no scenario that wouldn't curb a choice!

I completely agree. I don’t see anything wrong with all these pictures In any country, the lower class has a different lifestyle from the middle class vs the upper middle class vs the uber rich.

Accept your position and live your life according to what you deem fit. Why talk about things that you don’t understand.

A) Classy, if it appeases their sense of style, modesty, upbringing, etc

B) Trashy, if it doesn't align with their moral standards, fashion sense

What’s interesting is that it's mainly women bashing other women by using a word as degrading as “trashy”, just because OMG their skin is visible!

Most people don’t realize that dressing and fashion are dictated a lot by the culture of our community, our financial background, the circles we move in, etc.

Taking the example of traditional Indian dressing, in Tier 1 cities in India and especially within the economically robust class, “designer” is the buzz word. Also, you get cheaper copies of these designer wear in local markets to cater to those who can’t afford the real thing.

So you will find women opting for designer blouses, which are a step up from the simple blouse in terms of having design elements like low-cut backs, dori (string holding the back together), intricate necklines, strapless, bikini-top-style, push-ups, etc.

For the sari fabric, women will tend to go for the lighter fabrics that cling more to the silhouette or see-through saris.

You’re in top shape? Work it, baby!

This is the first one I’ve found that hasn’t complained when people don’t wear the sari in a specific way. Shit, that would be the same as me complaining if people wore a hoodie like this

Instead of like this:

I do prefer the second look, but there’s nothing ‘trashy’ about how Billie Eilish wears her hoodie, I just don’t like the look. That doesn’t give me authority over what’s correct and what isn’t. Anyway, thank you for this answer. Probably the first wholesome

And there are designs that play with the traditional sari and transform it by infusing new creativity and imagination in it:

Then there are some state-specific saris like Kanjeevarams,etc that tend to have way thicker fabric and do not wrap close to the body. They typically go with more simple style blouses as in my own personal experience, no spaghetti blouse can support the weight of that thick pallu (the flap of the sari that wraps around the chest). As they are bulkier, some might see them as more conservative.

All beautiful designs and different interpretations of the same garment i.e. sari/lehenga right?

So what do I find classy vs trashy?

Classy: Not judging women/men by the formula “classy is inversely proportional to square inches of skin visible”. Knowing that our upbringing, society, sense of morality differ and that we shouldn’t impose our standards on others.

Trashy: Labelling everything that you can’t comprehend (as you probably grew up in a different culture, economic background, etc) as trashy and shaming women/men for taking liberties and expressing themselves in their unique way via their dressing.

No matter how much you dress it up, it basically goes back to saying that a covered woman is modest and classy (so a good woman) while a woman flaunting her skin is trashy and slutty. You’d think this mindset would have changed over the years and across country boundaries. But apparently it hasn’t.
Those two designers are gods of Indian wear, I swear <3

P.S. The first 5 dresses are from Manish Malhotra and Sabyasachi. The 2 world-renowned designers in the Indian fashion circuit that are known for their outstanding traditional wear. Any Indian dress that you see in a Bollywood movie, 99% chances are that it is from one of them. Each designer piece by them costs a tiny fortune. Millions of Indian women (including yours truly) dream of getting married just so that they can wear a Sabyasachi creation at their wedding.

Bonus picture of a Sabyasachi bride! Effing drool-worthy!

P.P.S. Indian traditional garment (Sari) was just an example. Would I call this trashy?

NO! Because I don’t believe in tearing down other women for no reason. Their body, their wish. It’s on them to decide how they feel they look good. Not your or my business! And no, showing skin doesn’t make you trashy, your actions do (like speaking ill of others).

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P.P.P.S Ofcourse I triggered some smart mouths who surprisingly come up with the same analogy to protest against my answer: “If you wear swimwear to office, that’s trashy”. Now, of course, no one would recommend you to wear swimwear to your corporate office unless you’re a beachwear model. That’s called dressing appropriately for the occasion. Trashy is still too judgemental and negative a word for dressing.

But if you go to a beach and call someone trashy because they’re wearing a bikini and you’re wearing a swim frock/slacks/burqini/whatever, now that’s off! Yes, even if everyone else on the beach is also wearing swim frock/slacks/burqini/whatever. Just because you’re in a majority, doesn’t make you right and others wrong. If that was the case, the world would have to bow down and do everything exactly as China says (because, duh, numbers)!

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