<p>To be attractive, not hot. Unfortunately, both &ldquo;attractive&rdquo; and &ldquo;hot&rdquo; often require similar appearance when we go by fashion trends; the only difference is how the audience interprets it</p>

- Vibha Singh

To be attractive, not hot. Unfortunately, both “attractive” and “hot” often require similar appearance when we go by fashion trends; the only difference is how the audience interprets it. When a woman wears sexy clothing, chances are that she is wearing the clothes in order to feel good about herself in a number of ways. For one thing, she wants to fit in with the crowd, so if most of the other women around her are dressing a certain way, she is likely to also. A high collared, long-sleeved, long dress just doesn’t cut it at a nightclub, though it may be appropriate for certain somber occasion like funerals or other church functions. If the other girls are wearing mini-skirts and tight spaghetti-strap tees to the club, and if those are the styles featured in the current fashion magazines, she will probably choose to wear them also. She wants to fit in, and she wants to be admired by the other women at the club.

Reshma Khan, sociologist says, “I believe this question has a sociocultural, historical, biological, and psychological answer—an answer in various aspects of gender studies and fashion trends. Sex appeal is a prominent theme in women’s fashion today, as people are gravitating to increasingly provocative and skimpy clothing. The ratio of fabric to skin has shrunk dramatically as some women now wear revealing clothes which show off their bodies sometimes to the point that they are nearly nude.”