Denims and luck

I’ve received some questions regarding blue jeans. Why do my jeans fit in the butt but gape at the waist?

That’s my problem, too. You and I need a tailor. Some jeans don’t apply to a woman’s shape — cut at each side of the waist and the back of the waist. If the crotch becomes tight, the waistband has to go down half an inch at the back.

Another question was, can anyone wear a full-jeans look from jacket to pants?

No. There would be too much thick and heavy material on one body. But if you insist, break up the denim look with a gold or silver belt or scarf belt. Wear a white T-shirt or any shocking color T-shirt and leave your jacket open.

I often wonder: Is that the way jeans are worn today, bunched up at the ankles? Is that how low it rests on the second hip?

I prefer the waisted denims for a longer-legged silhouette. Denims are my preferred “slob dressing” attire — but we both still have to be clean and neat to live in harmony “with the universe” for a successful day for ourselves and those who look at us.

Blue denims, white, red or black have been the attire of men and women for so long they’ve become a mainstay. The evolution of jeans continues from season to season — either as low-waist, high-waist, waist-waist, embroidered, plain, four pockets, two pockets, blue stitches, beaded, white trimmings, patchwork… We’ve all been jean victims at some time, right? In fact, one time a society matron couldn’t zip her jeans after a pee in a hotel restroom. So she lay down on the bathroom floor with a friend standing over her along with the hotel bathroom attendant. One assistant zipped up her jeans while the other tucked in her tummy until she could rejoin the party. That didn’t sound to me like comfort but a hilarious sacrifice. It didn’t bring good luck with the lack of air (“I can’t breathe…”) and it left her hungry (“I can’t eat, my pants will split…”) as well as uncomfortably conscious (“I can’t move, my zipper might burst open…”).

Feng shui offers this simple suggestion: Clean up your act.

Dress for comfort and success and never in tattered, beat-up, and torn-at-the-knee denims. Never wear torn or dirty clothes, either; you undermine your personal feng shui. It may be fashionable and cool to wear faded, torn or frayed denims, but dressing like that brings very bad luck. It attracts poverty and unlucky chi that opens yourself up to severe ill fortune.

There are five elements of fashion according to the world of feng shui, and by this point, I trust you remember how to determine your Kua number. If not, here’s a second chance: for females, if your year of birth is, say, 1960, add the last two digits of the year (6+0=6) then add this to 5 (6+5=11). Add the “11” digits together (1+1=2) and you arrive at a single number. The Kua number is two.

Males can calculate their Kua number by adding the last two digits of their year of birth and then subtracting this from 10. There you have it: the male Kua number.

Now refer to the chart above to discover the shapes and colors that will help enhance your luck. Incorporate these shapes into the patterns of your clothes. Choose the shades of your success color. Have fun mixing and matching.

You can wear auspicious symbols with denims such as jewelry decorated with lucky symbols of celestial dragon, the beautiful phoenix, Chinese coins, or an arowana to enhance your personal feng shui.

Remember, too: dry your clothes by day. Fresh, clean clothes that have been hung out to dry in the breeze during daylight have absorbed yang energies that add positive vibrations to your appearance. Don’t hang out your washing at night or in an enclosed or shady place, as these will not be able to benefit from the purifying yang chi of daylight.