This touches on the concept of the "performative self." In the age of social media, every meal is a potential photoshoot. The food arrives, and the camera comes out before the fork. The frivolous dress is the perfect costume for this digital theater. It signals that the meal is an Event, even if it’s just a Tuesday night solo dinner.
If we treat the phrase as a koan, it suggests a sequence: First, you adorn your external self with frivolity. Then, you nourish your internal self with a deliberate meal. The “I” in the middle is the anchor—the self that witnesses both acts. -I frivolous dress order the meal-
