Buttons as a form of visual rhetoric has led me to consider all sorts of clothing as visual rhetoric as well. Whether it be wearing political colors, wearing your favorite football teams jersey, or even wearing pajamas, one is always making a statement of sorts by what they wear. Most often, I feel, the clothes one wears has the purpose of social acceptance. In a formal occasion, such as a wedding or a high-class restaurant, we wear suits and dresses. In informal moments, with friends, we wear jeans and t-shirts. For the minority that defy this pattern, they are usually the poor, the crazy, and the ones who are definitely trying to make a point. Like the nudists, the choice to not wear anything is a visual message to others that they either don't care about normality or they want attention.
Our clothing is definitely a means of visual rhetoric, whether we know it or not. Since it is obviously the way we want to be seen or not seen.
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