Some people believe that you can tell a lot about a lady's personality just by looking at the length of her skirt. Judgements by Rosea Posey is a skin-deep exploration of this idea that literally marks the model's legs with a scale of sluttiness.
From just below the underwear line, the artist used a pen to write three descriptors in hierarchical height that suggest a woman is either an actual streetwalker, promiscuous or simply strives to adopt that image. Lower down on the ladder we have provocative, cheeky, flirty, proper, old-fashioned, prudish and eventually matronly, towards the ankle. While Judgements by Rosea Posey does not reflect the artist's own prejudices, many girls will agree that her system of skirt measurement is often consistent with the public opinion.
Skirt Length Calibration Systems
Judgements by Rosea Posey Evaluates Women's Character by Clothing
Trend Themes
1. Skirt Length Measurement - Opportunity for innovative systems that accurately measure skirt lengths and provide data for analysis and comparison.
2. Character Evaluation by Clothing - The potential for disruptive technologies that utilize clothing choices to make assessments about an individual's personality and character.
3. Public Opinion and Skirt Lengths - Exploration of societal norms and public perception regarding skirt length and its implications on judgment and labeling.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - Development of new technologies and tools for accurate measurement and evaluation of clothing styles and trends.
2. Market Research - Opportunities for market research companies to analyze data on skirt lengths and its correlation with perception and judgment.
3. Social Psychology - Integration of clothing as a measurable factor in the study of social psychology, particularly in relation to stereotypes and first impressions.