<p>A stupid but fun thread. I like creating these.</p>
<p>At what colleges do people actually CARE what they look like and what they wear?</p>
<p>I'm one of those guys who always found it fun to pick out cool outfits to show up in every day in high school. But at most colleges, it seems that people just wear sweatshirts and pajamas every day...Comfortable, sure, but kinda lame at the same time.</p>
<p>Are there any at which people actually look good when going to class and hanging out on campus?</p>
<p>Not a deciding factor for me, quite obviously. But still would be nice to know.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that colleges that are located in big cities and have design/art/theatre programs will have more people who are more “fashion-conscious.”</p>
<p>Erm, not UCLA. My sis goes there, and every time I’ve visited, it’s pretty much sweatshirts and pajamas for them too…or bathing suits, but that’s a different thing altogether. I can definitely see NYU being one though. New York fashion in general is the ****.</p>
<p>I can’t comment on fashion today, but back in the day, I dressed for comfort at college. I figured that all too soon I’d be dressing according to someone else’s rules – suits, pumps, nylons (back when we wore those!), and toned-down jewelry. College was my last chance to be comfortable and have fun.</p>
<p>I can understand that. BUT college is often where you’ll meet your future spouse! And it’s also one of the times you’ll be meeting the most new people and making new friends, so it seems like people would try extra hard to look their best.</p>
<p>Ever see a university student or new graduate wear a suit or dress shirt? It usually isn’t pretty…</p>
<p>And it is not just that the student or new graduate does not know how to choose a well fitting suit or dress shirt. It is also because the suit and dress shirt market is mainly older men who are usually, ummm, shaped differently from younger men. So actually finding one that fits without going to a more expensive made to measure or bespoke tailored suit or dress shirt could be difficult.</p>
<p>Also, dressy clothes may not be conducive to running to class at the other end of campus while carrying a backpack full of books and other study materials.</p>
<p>USC, I know because of the students from my HS going there
NYU - again, same reason
Sewanee - other such schools in the south
BYU - need to find someone!</p>
<p>A certain contingent of girls at Penn are very fashion conscious. One student hailing from Beverly Hills remarked that it wasn’t until she was at Penn did she become aware of Marc Jacobs and Tory Burch.</p>
<p>Emory University
Georgetown University
New York University
Northwestern University
Southern Methodist University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University</p>
<p>I have spent many a days in and around the NYU campus and I can assure you that fashion is not an across the board priority. You do have your students that may dress nicely in a casual way but you also have a lot of students dressed up in classic "New York City grunge’, which is basically a lot of jeans, sneakers and black t-shirts. </p>
<p>I agree with the other posters that have mentioned Southern schools, they tend to be preppier.</p>
<p>The area around NYU, Greewich Village, gritty part of Manhattan, would give rise to dressing down for a lot of students there.</p>
<p>I think it’d be the southern schools that would be more fashion conscious. You’ll see on tv, for Bama v Clemson games, etc, well-dressed students (as well as hot).</p>
<p>And I don’t think one could include northeastern students, because clothes functionality wins out, ie, keeping warm, over fashion.</p>
<p>Westcoast is laidback, shorts, bathing suits as you said, lol.</p>