What is reverent to one person doesn't necessarily look the same as what's reverent to another person.
First of all, the norms we are used to are different, and "nice" is subjective when it comes to fashion. What is commonly considered/people have been trained to think is good-looking will vary in different places, communities, and situations based on unique experiences. This is subjective.
Second, to some people, dressing up fancy is an expression of reverence for a person of occasion.
For other people like me, something more modest feels to conveys that more naturally. ("How does making myself look fancy and showing off myself show reverence for something or someone else?")
That said, I accept that the way other people express the same feeling may be different than for me, or that it may depend on the situation. And because of this, I will yield to others' preferences with it seems appropriate to do so in the situation.
What bothers me though is when people on one side assign the other's expression of reverence itself as inherently irreverent.
Unless the person or thing on the receiving end has specified what sincerely communicates reverence and respect for them, I don't think typically anyone else would have much of a say in what a moderate deviance must mean to an individual unless that conclusion is informed by other insights.
This gives me an idea for an art project/social experiment.
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