TEXT D How we look and how we
appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early
twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept
ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of
fashion. Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to
persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner.
If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and
deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing
fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a
boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same
way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest
fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in
ease our friends think we are odd or dull. What causes fashions
to change Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an
influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats, for example. In cold
climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well
as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in
the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his
example. There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the
1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Ⅱ,
they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the
miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer
again. Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to
he. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you
can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you
should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the "untidy" look
seem to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashions of the top
fashion houses. At the same time, appearance is still important
in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would
be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a
sweater; and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar
looking as if we were going to the beach or a nightclub. However, you need never
feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you
and you’ll see that no one else does either! Which is the main idea of the last paragraph
A.Care about appearance in formal situations. B.Fashion in formal and informal situations. C.Ignoring appearance in informal situations. D.Ignoring appearance in all situations.