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can look very sexy and stylish on a woman who has a good figure. A man can look very smart and distinguished in a black suit. Black can look fantastic when used to contrast with bright colours too. Black has its place.

But it's only natural that many people are inclined to be suspicious and critical of anybody who chooses to dress in nothing but black all the time. That's unless you're a nun of course! Not that they even necessarily dress in all black any more.

How would it be if we all dressed in nothing but black and wore black face makeup, dyed our hair black, painted our fingernails black, etc? What a depressing, dismal, boring world it would be! We need our world to be full of beautiful colours. For most people it's just not considered to be appropriate or normal to make a determined habit of going all out to wear nothing but black clothing, accessories and makeup.

It's certainly not the only clothing choice that people pass judgment on. There are plenty who also object to things like thong underwear showing above a person's outerwear, midriff tops and low hipster pants being worn in winter - or by people with bulging rolls of fat hanging over the top - what has come to be known as the "muffin top" look.

As somebody with a weight problem I have no doubt there are those who look at me sometimes and think I ought to wear something that flatters my figure a bit more. That's inevitable too. I in turn look at others my size and think, "Goodness gracious! Don't they have any idea what they look like in those shorts! What an eyesore!"

I also can't comprehend people who walk into shopping centres with nothing on their feet - not even so much as a pair of rubber thongs - or flip-flops as they are called in North America. Not only does it give the impression that the person has no sense of what is socially acceptable, but it's downright foolish because they have no idea what they could tread on. As for letting children walk in public places with bare feet, I think that's downright irresponsible in these times when there can be hypodermic needles laying around anywhere.

I also can't comprehend parents who take little girls in particular into shopping centres without even a little top on - or babies without so much as a little singlet even if it's hot. To me that's inappropriate.

We all have our own ideas about what is appropriate and what the way people dress says about them. So of course people who dress in Goth clothing will be judged accordingly. If they don't

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