<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Repeat after me: I, (insert your name here), loyal Slave to Fashion, do hereby solemnly swear that I will never, ever, be seen wearing anything that... ...makes me physically uncomfortable. We&amp;#x27;re talking too-tight jeans, too-short skirts, too-tall heels, ankle-exposing capri pants in the middle of January, wool dresses in the dog days of summer, and strapless dresses that refuse to stay up on their own. Last week, Margarita wrote a typically wise post about how you should never wear clothes that no longer fit when you&amp;#x27;re working on building your confidence, and it got me thinking about how the majority of the most egregious fashion crimes I&amp;#x27;ve ever seen (check out a few particularly offensive ones straight from our Glam Cam, above) all have one underlying thing in common: The women committing them are all clearly suffering from physical discomfort. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! It doesn&amp;#x27;t matter if you&amp;#x27;ve got the world&amp;#x27;s most killer pair of $900 heels on--if you look like you can&amp;#x27;t walk in &amp;#x27;em, they&amp;#x27;re pretty much worthless. Ditto for a designer miniskirt that rides up just enough that you have to reposition and readjust yourself every time you cross or uncross your legs. If you&amp;#x27;d rather shiver endlessly than cover up your stunning evening dress with a bulky coat, you&amp;#x27;re going to look just as ridiculous as if you chose to wear sweatpants to a black tie gala. And don&amp;#x27;t even get me started on trying to squeeze back into clothes from you high school days... Confidence is the single most important ingredient to having style, and there&amp;#x27;s no way you can possess it if you&amp;#x27;re constantly worried about splitting your pants seam or not falling on your face on the short walk from the bar to the ladies room. The only way to be truly self-assured is to feel comfortable in your own skin--and your own pants. Let&amp;#x27;s make an STF pledge to never, ever torture ourselves with clothing that&amp;#x27;s physically uncomfortable...and I promise, a totally natural sense of confidence will follow! Who&amp;#x27;s with me? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/dressed/2010/01/the-stf-manifesto-lets-all-ple>