“Dress for success by dressing for yourself” – Saleen Chioda
Leggings, jeans, and sweaters oh my! With so many activities going on around campus there are a plethora of styles to choose from for us girls.
Although there are so many styles this fall, I see females dressing as if the same person chooses all their clothes for them.
Why are we all wearing the same clothes?
I love all of my Victoria’s Secret Pink articles this season. I honestly wear them for every activity. Whether I am going to class, hitting the gym, or lounging around studying. I feel as if I have my own little style going on.
I notice a good majority of the girls on campus that are sporting big sweaters, skinny jeans and riding boots. Come on girls let’s stop being so typical! Yes this is a cute style, but let’s switch things up and try something different from the norm.
Why do we wear what we wear? Is it because the girls brown combat boots you saw on the way to class looked stunning? Whatever the reason, are we even dressing for ourselves anymore?
This is a question I ask myself on a daily basis. Almost every day you can see me around campus sporting a t-shirt, Capri leggings, and some Nike tennis shoes. This is what I feel comfortable in.
I have confidence that whatever may hit me that day I will be ready to demolish that task. Pop quiz? No problem let me kick my feet up and show you what I know. I need to go work out a little earlier than I originally planned? I already have my kicks on, and some sporty clothes looks like I’m ready to go pump some iron. Hopefully I have my ID card…whatever the task may be you will find me ready for the challenge, and it seems to be all because of my daily attire.
Girls, what if we all dressed for comfort one day of the week, think of how much change this could affect. Maybe we would see a difference in how we approach events that are thrown at us without notice. Maybe it would change our outlook on activities that we can’t control. Dress for success by dressing for yourself.
“For now, I’m going to continue wearing yoga pants, a hoodie and my Nikes” – Caitlin Chase
Every time I walk onto campus whether it is a fancy Monday for the sorority girls or a Friday morning hangover there always seems to be some student dressed in a suit and tie or a pencil skirt with wedges. Considering that nearly every person on the University’s campus is an actual student, what exact point is there to dress like you’re attending a court hearing? Of course it is understandable if you have an interview that day, or a job that requires the attire but being so uncomfortable in the ‘getup’ of makeup, heels, tight clothes, and stiff material is exhausting. It is exhausting just thinking about it!
We have our whole lives to dress professionally for our careers and the people that dress up for a college class have no one to impress but the professor and any attractive guys in the room. Do we really need to impress a college professor who will be giving us a grade on our assignments solely on our work and not our attire?
Most of the college students that engage in physical activities such as soccer, track or even just hit up the gym don’t bother with dressing up for their classes. Their physical activity surpasses their need to do more than throw on a pair of sweats with a hoodie. Does this mean that people who tend to exercise regularly don’t dress up and the people who do don’t engage in physical activity? Not necessarily. It depends mostly on the person at hand and involves his or her time management to do one thing or the other.
Personally, the thought of dressing in a skirt and heels just to attend an hour long class seems like such a waste of time, since I’ll just be regretting not throwing on yoga pants instead. When studying for a class on campus, attempting to wear more than jeans and a t-shirt is mediocre. Tatum Teegarden, a junior nursing student, has stated “I’ll only dress to impress if there is specifically someone to impress, i.e. attractive guys. I’ll typically wear jeans and a comfy shirt or sweatshirt considering the library is pretty cold.” Tatum’s opinion on dressing formally on campus and during study sessions is “That it’s good for them but personally the excessive amount of effort and time put into getting ready could be used for better things, like the studying part. I exercise four or five times a week but I would dress the exact same if I did not work out on a regular basis.”
A lot of girls I know believe that there really isn’t a point in perfecting your look on a daily basis, especially when all you are planning to do is school work. The way I see it, we have the rest of our lives to be professional in everything we do and it will actually matter. For now, I’m going to continue wearing yoga pants, a hoodie and my Nikes. To all of you that wear your pencil skirts and wedges, calm down. This isn’t Project Runway.
