<p>What do most male Wharton students dress like? Is it all semi-formal everyday as in collared shirts, nice slacks and dress shoes? </p>
<p>Also, what brands are most popular... or do they not care about that at all? H&M? Express? A&E? AF?</p>
<p>I come from the west coast, so I'm sure our fashion is much different from the back east..</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>People really don't care what you wear.</p>
<p>Where did you get that idea about business casual dress everyday?</p>
<p>^ Yet another Wharton myth. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>there's plenty of west coast people here</p>
<p>and so it's really not that different from what you're used to (except for how warm it gets)</p>
<p>well supposedly at Stern you have to wear a suit everyday...</p>
<p>but what do most people dress like though? what brands are popular?</p>
<p>Why are you asking this?</p>
<p>people only regularly wear suits for presentations and ocr (on-campus recruiting for jobs)</p>
<p>otherwise, casual / slightly preppy is the norm</p>
<p>My S, a graduate of undergrad Wharton, was born and raised in a laid back CA beach town, found a lot of people at Penn to be more snobbish in terms of dress. Guys were in leather jackets, name brand pea-coats while his preference was a hooded sweatshirt. I am sure he found others who dressed like him but generally he thought they were more preppy and brand conscious.</p>
<p>Yes, you would need a suit for presentations and a nice blazer/slacks for other occasions.</p>
<p>What the hell is a pea-coat?</p>
<p>as a west-coaster:</p>
<p>there isn't really an issue with dress. people honestly won't care either way. just make sure you bring enough clothing that will be appropriate for the weather (lots of warm clothing and lots of clothing that's suitable for the spring/summer). also make sure you have a suit.</p>
<p>if you really want to go all out please purchase your entire wardrobe from vineyard vines and brooks brothers</p>
<p>or Yves Saint Laurent & Christian Dior
try wearing that everyday--provided you have the money</p>
<p>lol my point was just to get a feel for what style is popular. I guess slightly preppy is the way to go.</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because certain brands are not popular in socal. For example, people here tend to prefer hollister over A&F...</p>
<p>i had a question as well</p>
<p>would it be perfect fine wearing a t shirt, basketball shorts, and slippers everyday to class?</p>
<p>Dude, just wear whatever you feel comfortable wearing. I dress relatively preppy (lots of Polo and Vineyard Vines) myself, but I did before I got to Penn. And I don't think that my clothing choices have had any impact on my social life.</p>
<p>Fanta, why does it matter what you wear? Do you really wanna dress yourself like a clone just so you can fit in with other people for no reason?</p>
<p>Wear whatever style you like best man, who cares if 80% of the people at Penn buy waaaaay overpriced clothes.</p>
<p>People here don't really prefer A&F OR Hollister. If you want to alter your dress to be more "East Coast", just wait til you get here. People are preppier and perhaps slightly more formal, but that's a generalization. You won't be scorned for wearing the wrong thing. You can literally wear anything to class. My attire ranges from pajamas to dresses depending on how lazy/hungover I'm feeling in the morning.</p>
<p>what do they prefer then? H&M? Lacoste?</p>
<p>This is getting really pathetic. Let me tell you this much: If you weren't cool or didn't fit in wearing whatever you did back home, just changing your clothes won't make you cool or fit in at Penn.</p>
<p>well put</p>
<p>dress as you feel comfortable - you shouldn't have a "dress to impress" mentality that drives you nuts (except in interviews)</p>