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<p>It doesn’t. But it takes longer to deal with the laundry when your dressy clothes require dry cleaning, ironing, etc. instead of just washing, drying, and wearing.</p>
<p>With respect to shoes, some people actually value the idea that one should be able to walk (or run) comfortably, instead of putting up with shoes that hurt one’s feet (men’s dress shoes are guilty of this also, even though women have it worse with high heels).</p>
<p>ucb-I cxlearly remember standing at some event in a pair of attractive heels and thinking “Why am I doing this to my feet?!” From that moment on I wore shoes that were comfortable first, and fashionable second, if at all. Some “comfort shoes” are FUGLY, but at least my toes can breathe and my heels aren’t pounding with pain. I cannot wear completely flat shoes because of the lack of support. My goal when I shop for shoes is; 1. comfort and fit 2.if they’ll last and 3.looks. At the place I work right now my boss walks around in her stocking feet most of the time. She’s ok with my fugly shoe collection.</p>
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<p>With respect to shoes, Is wearing sneakers appropriate on campus?</p>
<p>College kids usually don’t go to sleep before midnight and thus they are more likely to sleep in the morning until the last minute before class. My dear son’s first morning classroom is at least 15min JOG from his dorm. Thus, he must run to be on time for his class. Between classes, there is only a 10min interval to reach the next class, during which he might also need to go to the bathroom or grab a drink/snack on the way. He walks/runs miles a day.</p>
<p>Well, aren’t sneakers and athletic sweatpants a perfect match?</p>
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<p>LOL! How do jeans require anything other than washing - just like sweatpants? How do classic white tees require anything other than just washing - just like other t-shirts? And sweaters and blazers don’t get washed every time, at all. </p>
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<p>Of course. Which No one is SAYING that these things have to be accomplished via towering, uncomfortable, potentially dangerous high heels. I sure don’t wear those at all. I had no idea chic little ballet flats - like the Tory Burch Reva type - were so incredibly foreign and exotic!</p>
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<p>Right. No one was objecting to that. Personally, what you describe here …</p>
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<p>… I think is gross to sleep in something and then wear it on the street the entire day.</p>
<p>EW…going out in clothes you’ve slept in! As a college student I am more focused on my education not on what other people think of my clothes. As long as the clothes are not offensive…well…get over it. </p>
<p>I think we should worry less about sweats and more about personal hygiene! That can be offensive ( and hard to sit next to). I shower daily and wear clean clothes daily (sometimes sweats if it is a cold day and I’m going to spend hours in the library by myself).</p>
<p>The fact that I have had to expend energy arguing that people should make an effort to dress in anything other than sloppy sweats gives me a deeper understanding of the phrase, “Ugly American.”</p>
<p>Absent some emergency, do people really sleep in the clothes they wear the next day? That is disgusting, lazy and sad.</p>
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<p>Lots of people don’t consider jeans and T-shirts to be any dressier than sweatpants, especially given how some college students will continue to wear them past the point where many would call them “worn out” (very faded jeans with holes, etc.). Clothes do tend to increase in maintenance and fragility as they get dressier. Dressier clothes and shoes may also prevent one from running quickly to class or catching a bus, or playing a pickup game of basketball or something.</p>
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<p>Apparently. Here is a lesson for you: With jeans, one can wear dressy shoes and boots, and dress them up with a nice T-shirt, polo or oxford shirt. Not so with sweatpants.</p>
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<p>Another analogy is that of someone who likens him/herself to a busybodyish petty tyrant entitled to pass judgements and to feel offended if other folks don’t dress according to what they deem “acceptable”. IMHO, that way of thinking violates the spirit of what the US is about. Unless dressing “acceptably” is required in venues such as work, formal parties, or other such venues…your rights to happiness in public ends when it requires a serious imposition on others. </p>
<p>Putting pressures on others to dress in public outside of such limited venues so you won’t be offended is IMHO…a serious imposition on the rights of others to dress however damned well they please. </p>
<p>Here’s an example: <a href=“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVMj_bwQQ3Q[/url]”>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVMj_bwQQ3Q</a></p>
<p>Sure, anyone is entitled to dress “however damned well they please,” just as they are entitled to say just about anything they damned well please. That does not mean that others will not be offended by it.</p>
<p>I was brought up to value people for how they treated other people, not how they dressed or fixed their hair. I know others feel differently, but I doubt I’ll change, so go ahead and think I’m immature and disrespectful.</p>
<p>Ballet flats wouldn’t cut it the majority of the year here. It’s snow boots and sturdy tennis shoes. Personally, I hate those ballet slipper things that are popular right now. They look odd to me. I went shoe shopping today (yuck) and spent probably 30 minutes there trying to find some work shoes that weren’t flats that just covered my toes and really nothing else… It’s cold here, I want something that covers my whole foot! lol. I can’t wait til this trend is over.</p>
<p>Sweats are sooooo much warmer in the winter, too. Plus you can layer much easier with sweat pants and sweatshirts than with jeans and non-sweatshirt tops. I also like sweats because they tend to dry much quicker than jeans when they get wet by snow. Plus, you can more easily avoid them on your legs than tighter jeans.</p>
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<p>How you dress and brush your hair is part and parcel of how you treat other people. Being granted with sight, most people have eyes, and what they see factors into their evaluation of the world and people around them. Ignoring that is hurting yourself and borders on selfish and lazy.</p>
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<p>Life would be so much easier if we never had to bathe, use a tissue or save our farts for private time.</p>
<p>Excuse me? </p>
<p>I really don’t feel like dressing for warmth/comfort is comparable to not bathing. To each his/her own.</p>
<p>I just don’t believe that what someone is wearing or if they bath or have holes in their clothes or wears a suit or a hooker outfit doesnt on some level affect someones opinion of a person. It is part of who a person is. </p>
<p>I find that most people who say that don’t take time to look at themselves and take care of how they look.</p>
<p>It doesn’t have to be fancy, but come on, to say, oh I only care about what a person says and how they act is not really honest…</p>
<p>If a teacher showed up in an outfit from the red light district or a lawyer in court with. Beach shorts or a doctor in long slung jeans and flip flops and uncombed hair for an appointment…</p>
<p>We all look and judge, it’s not always fair, but we do. And if you think, ah well people will all judge me for my brain and words and actions and will all long beyond my messy or inappropriate appearance, well, that really sweet and optimistic, but fairly naive.</p>
<p>sea, I absolutely agree that people should practice good hygiene and such. I just don’t think that sweats automatically means messy, gross, or whatever. As I said earlier, I think people that have their hair clean, brushed their teeth, etc and wearing clean, unwrinkled sweats are going to look FAR better than someone with jeans and a fitted shirt who has a knot on top of their head. </p>
<p>I just don’t think sweats means unhygienic.</p>
<p>I can’t stand seeing grown women out and about in pajama pants. I think to myself - just put on some jeans, lady - it takes the same amount of time.</p>
<p>I must admit that I have a brand new job in an office and am really enjoying dressing nicely. (just finished my seventh day) After having more physically taxing jobs for the past 13 years, it is so nice to work in a professional environment. I would say that I dress more formally than most there, though. I see lots of jeans, t-shirts and sneakers. I did wear a dark pair of jeans last week with shiney black sandals, a nice top and lightweight sweater and attractive jewelry.</p>
<p>It is honest for me to say I don’t care about what people wear because I don’t. Clearly, some of you care deeply. That’s your thing and you probably won’t change either. Fine with me, but there are other valid opinions and different value systems.</p>