Fashion File…

Well, it’s the end of another school year, which means the end of the Fashion File.
Oh, dry your eyes. All semester I’ve spoken to the fashion misfits that walk this campus on a daily basis, and I know some of you haven’t been too happy about my articles bashing various types of clothes. Whether it’s been through the grapevine or by more direct means, I have heard your cries to be allowed the remote possibility of wearing chunky shoes and me not laughing. I’m sorry to say that time has not come. In this last article, I hope to make you see that this column was merely that: a column about fashion do’s and don’ts. Those of you who don’t know me, might have been offended somewhat by my sarcastic sense of humor while others were delighted. Thanks to you both. Your reactions have made fashion victims sit up and take notice with each comment. I was lit with a fire to rid the world of jean shorts.
Now it’s the end, and I feel the need to be honest. Fashion is just another way of expressing yourself. I criticize various fashion styles to get some reactions. Hopefully we all have enough confidence in ourselves to not be offended by what someone else would say about fashion and have the good sense to take it in stride. I would have hoped that from this column you learned a little more about your likes and dislikes at least within the fashion world. My style is a little more classic. I think of it like this: if I took a picture of myself in my outfit today, and I looked back on it a year from now, what would I think? Would I look timeless or trendy? I prefer timeless. The point is, whether you want to be trendy, classic or dress in all Hello Kitty, it’s your choice and I invite you to be different. Go beyond the manikin and dress how you want.
So let’s break it down one last time. Whether you’re wearing Gucci or Wal-Mart, Burberry or Belk’s, wear clothes like they were made just for you.
I invite you to be bold and daring. Like your mother always said, be you. Like Meg says to me, stir things up.
My parting words to the fashion victims campus wide will be this: lose the graphic T’s, get rid of the man jewelry, please tame your mane, burn the jean shorts, if you don’t have a bag of tricks, get one, contemplate the travesty of socks with sandals, hire a professional foot beautician if necessary and I can’t stress this last one enough … get rid of those chunky shoes!

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Apr 23 2004. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry