<p>What brands/styles are common among Harvard students?</p>
<p>Just trying to get a look at campus (and our class) diversity...</p>
<p>My son, who will be a new freshman this year is not interested in brand names. We live in an area where name brands and status is very important to people (Orange County, California). My son is very grounded and just doesnt put too much thought into stuff like that. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>I've heard North Face is pretty popular. I think I'll be going with a North Face jacket and fleece. They have a great blend of functionality and style.</p>
<p>Not much of a consistent "look" there that I can tell. North Face is probably the brand name of choice, but that probably speaks more to functionality than style.</p>
<p>the Elle woods and Chihuahua look?</p>
<p>Harvard law school look has to start earlier....</p>
<p>then there is the emo look</p>
<p>he, he just kidding.</p>
<p>If there was a H look that stood out when I visited it was
a somewhat "frayed but earnest and functional" look -a
down-to-earth dress attitude with no preppy small animal
logos.</p>
<p>harvard has a wide range of looks, from so preppy it hurts to grossly ragged sweatpants. there is no pressure to look a certain way.</p>
<p>My rising freshman D likes cheap - Target, Old Navy, Goodwill. She's used to year-round shorts so the winter is going to be interesting.</p>
<p>mammall,</p>
<p>Same with my son. Shorts and flip flops year-round. Interesting indeed!</p>
<p>I wear stuff from Wal-Mart and Target. I shop at the thrift store, occasionally. I'm not too fancy or anything.</p>
<p>i am sorry to say that i have to agree with gj12789; "so preppy it hurts" is the typical apparrel.
and you'll notice the envied DHA's that athletes sport on a daily basis. i refuse to wear mine to class. in only rare, urgent occassion when i wake up 20 minutes late for class do i regretfully wear the DHA's.</p>
<p>hgirl, what's DHA?</p>
<p>It seemed to me that nearly every girl was wearing Ug boots during the winter. I was also struck by the lack of school name t-shirts etc compared to other campuses I have visited.</p>
<p>DHA's: athletic department issued sweats, each athlete gets a sweatshirt and pants. do not, i repeat DO NOT ever wear the two at the same time (also known as "the tuxedo"). anyway, they are gray with crimson print and altogether hideous, but the most comfortable sweat pants your body will ever come into contact with. also, theyre called DHA's because the logo on them is dHa, which means "Department of Harvard Athletics".</p>
<p>guitars, so as not to be exposed as a newbie, be sure to pronounce DHAs "Dee-Hahs."</p>
<p>gadad and hgirl, Thanks for the heads-up! I'll pass this on to my son :)</p>
<p>There is definitely no one "look," and I would strongly disagree with whoever said it's mostly "so preppy it hurts." That's a definite stereotype, like what people are expecting to see (and maybe I myself am stereotyping here, but based on what I've seen, the preppiness fits more with Princeton). Harvard is easily one of the most diverse Ivies, and I would say that applies to clothing too, where there's a good mix of everything. I personally wear what I like, regardless of where it's from--maybe a more expensive skirt from Nordstrom paired with a shirt from Target--and I could care less. Of course you're going to run into people in full designer clothing or full preppy or whatever, but that could apply to almost any school in the country. People mentioned North Face--a lot of people here do have North Face coats just because they look nice and keep you warm during our loooong winters.</p>
<p>One thing I have noticed about Harvard style versus other schools is that people always look a little nicer here--like, I never really see people wearing sweatpants or pajamas to class like my friends at other schools do (maybe athletes, but that's it.) I would never wear sweats to class for example--maybe it has something to do with the belief that you always want to be presentable (we had talks about this in one of my sociology classes last year, and everyone pretty much agreed).</p>
<p>Does anyone else see the irony of struggling to distinguish oneself from the mass of applicants during the admissions process, only to fret about "fitting in" aesthetically once admitted?</p>
<p>Or maybe applicants are struggling to fit the mold of current Harvard students, and worrying about "the look" is a continuation of that desire. ;)</p>
<p>Ya maybe, but I guess this is where me being a maverick with all that comes handy. Real talk all day. :)</p>