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When I was little, I always thought people dressed cool in college. They were able to wear whatever they wanted and experiment with cool style choices. As I got to college, I realized the people with the cool clothes were usually the ones who lived in the city.
While Saint Xavier University may be technically in the City of Chicago, I still consider it a suburban school, filled with suburban students, and suburban styles. I was extremely disappointed to see that almost everyone I go to school wears their pajamas or the same outfits as everyone else. Everyone looks the exact same from hairstyles all the way down to their shoes. Where’s the personality?
There are a select few I’ve noticed that like to experiment with their clothes and actually try to make themselves look presentable, and it brings me such joy. What does not bring me joy is seeing people purposely looking a mess. I thought we left that in high school, but apparently not.
I mean, I understand the want to be comfortable, but there’s a difference between comfort and generally not caring about your appearance. There’s a time and place for that, and it’s not in public. Showing up to class like you just rolled out of bed and putting in zero effort shows how little people care anymore.
It’s a bit embarrassing to have to present a project in class and try to look professional when the people in your group are showing up in house slippers and flip flops. It’s honestly filthy too, particularly when they walk back in and around their homes with the same slippers.
What gets me even more is when I witness people wearing Nike slides or crocs with no socks. That is absolutely horrific. It’s really not that hard to put on a pair of socks and have some dignity.
It’s like no one has a sense of self-awareness. Maybe it’s just my generation, and if it is, my generation needs to pull it together. I might sound like a hater, but so be it. I just wish I was surrounded by more people who tapped into their professional and creative side.
Society used to care about fashion, and I’m not talking about Shein fashion. Whoever buys clothes from Shein can stay far away from me. I’m talking about REAL fashion, an artistic take to clothing.
Nowadays, it’s a rare occurrence that I meet someone else who enjoys putting together something unique to wear each morning. I used to walk through the malls when I was little and see so many cool people wearing cool clothes, and now all I see is everyone trying to be the same as everyone else.
What happened to being yourself? You may argue, “well I am being myself, I just like the clothes that everyone else wears.” I mean there’s really no problem in that, you like what you like, but I still think it’s boring.
Others may argue, “I don’t have the money for the clothes I like.” I guarantee if I hit up a local thrift store I can find you a whole new wardrobe that fits your preferred style for under fifty bucks. And, in all honesty, it’s the people that only shop at the mall that I hear complaining. If you want to keep hurting the environment, that’s on you.
I do, however, miss seeing people with crazy out-of-the ordinary outfits. I mainly only see cool outfits online. I think this can have a lot to do with social media though. People take a picture of their cute outfit or a video and it’s like as soon as the video ends or the picture is taken they switch back to their “normal” clothes and normal is boring.
I, myself, don’t want to dress up everyday. I mean even I want to throw on a pair of sweats every once and awhile, but come on, bring the creativity back people. It’s about time you do.