If you are wearing pajama pants when you’re not in bed, headphones as jewelry instead of sound instruments, a self-cut tank top that shows your nipples, leggings in place of pants or if you have been Mystic tanned within the last 24-hour period, you are indirectly placing yourself at the bottom of society’s social pyramid.
Typically, most college students feel it’s unnecessary to look presentable — that it involves too much effort in the early morning hours before 10 a.m. clssses.
Spending no time on your outward appearance actually expresses more about your true image, which is usually exhausted from partying too hard with your new frat brothers the night before.
I find it amazing that as the single most influential form of consumer art available, so few actually care enough about their individual appearance to make a fashion statement.
Let me break it down for the guys. Imagine fashion as the Super Bowl and every time you wear an XL and you’re a small, Brett Favre comes out of retirement.
Yes, I will admit, I don’t always wear a tie each day and, yes, my beard is a bit too reminiscent of Brawny’s lumberjack spokesman, but I always make the effort to look presentable because it’s irresponsible not to.
While I don’t expect anyone to own or wear an outfit made of meat or sport ten-inch Armadillo stilettos from Alexander McQueen, their impact on our culture trickles down to the smallest of details.
It isn’t something to shy away from because it is too difficult to appreciate but rather, it’s meant to be embraced for its cultural relevance to common societal trends. At the close of New York Fashion Week, there is no better time to see where we are headed in our western culture and around the globe.
Throw on a new perspective to the possibility of liberating yourself to others without uttering a single syllable. After all, anything is better than socks with Adidas sandals.
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