<p>Not a very important question, but what exactly is the dress style of Northwestern students?</p>
<p>Your title is kind of misleading. There is no dress code and that’s not what you’re asking. From what I’ve heard, when it’s warm enough to wear normal clothes people are kind of preppy, but there is a fairly diverse crowd, so even that isn’t always the rule. Once it gets freezing cold though, fashion goes out the window. That’s what I’ve heard at least.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone other the UC wannabees and kids on CC talk about kids at NU as “preppy.” There is no one campus style. There are hundreds, and anything goes, anything. Wear what feels right and it will be right.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m saying is that a plurality, not a majority, are preppy. Basically it’s slightly more prevalent than any other style. I’m not saying the students are preppy, just that they dress preppy. There’s a big difference.</p>
<p>By preppy, do you mean mainstream-suburban-mall-store or do you mean REAL preppy, as in New England WASP salt-stained boat shoes and mummy’s old cashmere cardigan? I hate when the word preppy is misused to describe the former. </p>
<p>Anyway, students at NU dress pretty much like students at every other college in the nation.</p>
<p>The majority of Northwestern students do not dress “preppy” in my opinion. In my time at Northwestern (I graduated 2 years ago), I saw anything from jeans/t-shirt to artsy to polo shirts/khakis to athletic wear, much like the diversity you would find in any other college. Students care about looking neat and presentable, but they definitely do not care about fashion all that much.</p>