<p>I think in college more people take initiative to look semi-human, whereas in high school everyone was wearing sweats. You have to keep in mind that we're at Cornell, so I use the term semi-human loosely. If you're going to go out and buy yourself a new fashionista wardrobe, just be wary of the freshman 15. </p>
<p>Yes people wear snow boots, because for 2/3 of the year, Ithaca is a wintery hell. My Uggs from this winter are in pretty good shape and I forgot to waterproof them. They're probably still not the best snow boots, but most of the ones that are water proof are heinously ugly.</p>
<p>i think the fashion sense depends on your wealth status and such...poor minorities and kids from rural areas will wear what they wear at home...</p>
<p>those who can afford it or have a sense of air among them will wear the latest in fashion...</p>
<p>you can never go wrong with the classic american jeans and a shirt...</p>
<p>actually rich people don't always wear their wealth, and poor people don't always wear cheap clothing. Also, there are poor whites at the school, all lot of the minorities at the school are anything but poor, so don't use color as an indicator of economic status at Cornell. But that is beside the point of this thread.
Dress how you fell like dressing if you like to impress there is no shame in doing so.</p>
<p>On a few occasions people have pointed out to me that some Cornellians wear designer clothing, but I honestly don't care enough to tell the difference between brand name clothing and regular clothing. (I'll bet you I couldn't even recognize most of the names out there!) And I feel like a lot of Cornellians are the same way.</p>
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<p>WHAT? No offense but WHAT high school did you go to?</p>
<p>High school, even at a private school like mine was a fashion show, pure and simple. You were judged by what you wore. Emo, Punk, slacker, jock, jock lackey (dressed the part, hung out with them, couldn't lift a ball if their lives depended on it), etc...</p>
<p>We had this policy of 'color days' where once a month uniforms were not mandatory and you could dress however you wanted. Honestly, it was an episode of Gossip girl on crack. The hallway was a catwalk with people judging whispering and taking cellphone pictures as others walked in.</p>
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<p>SO glad I'm in college.</p>
<p>PS. Rich people tend to be the worst fashionistas of all. They're literally pages out of catalogs- and those mostly rehash the same thing over every year, changing the colors and adding a scarf. A label is not a style. You can find EVERY LAST THING in a A&F catalog at the local k-mart. True story.</p>
<p>A&F def. isn't rich people clothes. I agree with Spanks. The same also applies to wannabe brands like Hollister. </p>
<p>Rich brands include (but aren't limited to) Hermes, Dior, Paul Smith (my fav.), Dolce and Gabbana, dsquared2, Theory, Chanel, Prada, 3.1 Phillip Lim, etc. </p>
<p>Still, I think H&M is a wonderful store. They're more about style, less about trends.</p>
<p>But then you're being redundant in saying "poor minority". With your reasoning you could be talking about any kind of minority, people from outside the tri-state area, people outside this country, etc. Your implication was ethnicity and if it wasn't make that clear so people do not get the wrong impression like I did.</p>
<p>And ditto on A&F not being for rich people, it's a wannabe's Lacoste or Polo. Plus they took that store out of Ithaca (prob had no business). I didn't know people actually went to a high school like the one on GG(luv that show!). But every kind of person wears sweats at Cornell at some point. After that first prelim to finals people are just like whatevs. Though I try to stray away from any form of ill-fitting clothing, I've been seen to wear the occasional oversized Cornell hoodie :P</p>
<p>just dress well and look cute. labels dont matter really. and there isn't any general pressure to look that good... really depends who your friends are.</p>
<p>Funny thing is that a few years ago the new head of development of their fashion branch decided to make the brand (which then was considered as the Dior of today) more accessible and found ways (fabric and ****tes) to reduce the cost and increase distribution. The brand did not change but now it has an "ew" effect because instead of 225$ their products are 75$. </p>
<p>I dislike Abercrombie because of their clothing, not because they're not a "rich people" store. I'd shop their if I was remotely interested in buying anything, but there are several problems I have with their clothing: (1) everything looks the same; (2) everything looks like it's casual clothing I'd only wear to the beach; (3) most of their shirts have A + F or some obnoxious, unoriginal sexual innuendo written across the front; (4) if I wore any of their tank tops or tube tops, I'd be arrested for indecent exposure, because I am larger than an A cup, and their shirts are designed to fit pre-pubescent girls; and (5) they never vary their styles from season to season. Abercrombie is good for people who haven't developed a personal style, but I don't think anyone who is legitimately concerned with being fashionable would consider it a staple store.</p>
<p>And no one cares if you wear sweats to class.</p>
<p>First of all, it is very erratic to set the words "fashion" and "Cornell" in the same sentence.</p>
<p>99% of the population at Cornell has no clue about how to combine colors, let alone combine clothes and accessories or have a sense of fashion.</p>
<p>There are only few people who know how to dress well and do it, and they are usually in architecture. It's probably because they need an aesthetic sense in their schoolwork, they usually know how to dress a little more funky than the rest.</p>
<p>If you take a look at the majority of the population, it's like the circus. People don't know how to spend money efficiently on clothes and have the dumbest looking outfits you could possibly imagine.</p>
<p>Then again, Ithaca is in the middle of nowhere, so who cares, right? False - there are some people who actually give a damn about this and it's annoying to see that everyone thinks they wear the coolest clothes in town, when they're actually going out looking like Halloween.</p>
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<p>Much madness is divinest sense... to the discerning eye.</p>
<p>many peep at cornell don't know how to dress. that could be a good thing depending on the individual. since there isn't a pressure to look great, you could feel comfortable knowing that others won't care much what u wear. but, if you are a fashionable gal or guy, u might feel frustrated. out of the schools i visited, the students at georgetown and university of virginia seemed keen about fashion and their looks in general.</p>
<p>This thread is starting to sound really stupid. No need to to insult clothing brands you don't like. Just wear whatever the hell you want and try to stay warm and dry in winter. I'm also not a huge Abercrombie fan, but if your A&F hoodie keeps you warm and snug in Ithaca, then wear it and who cares if it isn't the most expensive brand.</p>
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<p>Funny. Your family would probably have to be in the top 20 percent of all American households without breaking an arm and a leg to buy Abercrombie, and you call it a "not a rich people store".</p>