Dressing Like You Have Something to Say...

I have been blessed to be able to meet so many different types of people. Some I enjoyed others not so much, but they all had something in common. They dressed like they had something to say. What I mean by this is, they dressed with purpose. We all put on clothes because its socially unacceptable to wear nothing. So when we put on our clothes we put on something that can say a million words. Never judge a book by its cover because you could get the wrong impression of a person. Lets talk a few examples.

In the last two weeks I have made a move back to the town that houses my high school and my parents. This place just so happens to be the home of the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. We are talking about our future business men and women, where the artist is not seen as often as the engineer and I have never seen so many pairs of jersey shorts, sweatpants and  t-shirts its commonly called "State School Style". Now this is a generalization of our future scholars of the world who are more focused on the books then the buys (Trust me, I often wish I would have spent my time at a state school) but they still have a style. Even if they like those Jeans and T-shirt (they get them in now because these will soon be replaced with neck ties and suites). Now when we leave this small place and go to the bigger city like Chicago which home to many universities such as University of Illinois Chicago, DePaul University and my favorite College, Columbia College Chicago.

The city has a big influence on the style of these students you mingle with "locals" more and you have a consent desire to be considered a native f the bigger city. Columbia always had a style set depending on your major. Dance majors often dressed in the "State School" style sweatpants and shirt over a leotard. Art majors depending on the favored medium they could either be seen in black (my choice) or layered tees (for easy removal) and Jeans.

I bring these up because these are the start of our personal style. When we are younger we are told the high school is the best years of our lives.you find yourself and all this other stuff but, in my experience high school is the most awkward moments of your life and college is where you find yourself. this where you find your style. create comfort zones and make your style your book cover.
And as an adult you spent the time not just perfecting the style but defending also. Be proud of who you are and what you've become or becoming.