Every college girl can testify that her college campus is the best and sometimes worst place to go for fashion advice and trends. In the South, sorority girls are the opposite of the pink-clad, glittery, and high-heeled wearing stereotype from “Legally Blonde.” Now it’s the latest rainbow of Nike shorts, oversized men’s t-shirts from any number of boutiques in the downtown areas, and every tennis shoe that Nike has ever made. The rest of the campus is some mix of fashion magazines, business suits, grunge, and prep.
I’m one of those sorority girls. I love waking up in the morning and being ready to go in five minutes flat in the most comfortable clothes I own, but I love clothes. I love shopping, but hate that more often than not I wont wear them because it isn’t “the style” of a sorority girl. My roommate is in a different sorority and she and I shop together all the time, but I watch as her clothes stack in her closet with the tags on them too, choosing to wear her Nike clothing as well. When I do dress in my normal style, I’m bombarded with comments like, “You look so pretty today!” or “Why are you so dressed up?” What I want to know is: why aren’t my regular clothes the norm anymore?
Maybe that’s one of the best things about fashion, it is constantly changing and becoming something new by burying trends and coming up with new ones to help shape our generation. Maybe one day we’ll be painting our faces like the people in The Capitol in “The Hunger Games,” but hopefully not. I will always be grateful that I walked through my college career in comfortable shoes, but the fashionista in me isn’t going to sit back and let all my clothes go unworn. Just wear what you want ladies, but don’t be surprised when you want to borrow my skirt tomorrow.