<p>Son was interviewed by a well known cable show host (Yes, you know the show.) Question: “Why are you dressed up?” My son’s answer: “I always wear this kind of thing.” That’s pretty much true too. Maybe not the tuxedo shirt with the straw hat combo, but why not?</p>
<p>Black bow tie, black vest, and black pants with brown suede shoes?</p>
<p>Their pants on the ground.</p>
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<p>Because it’s wrong. You can’t do whatever you want. I can’t wear a dinner jacket with jeans in order to make a statement or appear “dapper.” Your son should consider not slaughtering fashion.</p>
<p>And it’s not “tuxedo,” it’s “dinner jacket.”</p>
<p>Well, at least HighLife said, “please”. </p>
<p>I didn’t dress my son; I was only reporting what he wore. And yes, he knew the suede boots and vest etc. didn’t quite go in sync. He knew the straw hat and the tuxedo shirt wasn’t in sync also. (No doubt, you meant “morning coat”, the jacket with the swoop in the back like what Groucho was known to wear, and my son left that at home. Seriously. A shirt is still a shirt.) </p>
<p>He was “putting together these clothes to make a statement”. And guess what? He caught someone’s eye. His point: have fun with clothes. (Okay, he usually wears button downs and jeans.) If, on the other hand, I chose to wear that same combination, I would look foolish and no one would actually interview me. He just looked “cool” (or so his colleagues tell me.)</p>
<p>Wasn’t this thread, “what will the well dressed Freshman guy will be wearing this fall”? Save the business attire and resume talk to the interviews and subsequent jobs. Have fun with fashion. Highlife, I’ll leave now. :)</p>
<p>The list PKP posted is virtually identical to what S2 is bringing but no tux. Jeans, yes. He’s heading west so add in the ski gear, his sweaters, and sweatshirts and a pair of trail shoes along with a bathing suit for early fall and late spring and you’ve pretty much got what he’s signaled he’s bringing. That said, there are guys at his college that live in jeans,flannel shirts + t-shirt and trucker hats and the Rasta kids all of who potentially have parents that could purchase a small country. Bottom line is to be yourself, wear what makes you comfortable.</p>
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<p>I seriously lol’d.
I never quite understood why some of the parents will actually engage in a fight with someone less than half their age. (I’m not talking about the conversation place here. I mean it as a general statement.)</p>
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<p>My goodness, this is indeed a carnage. I missed that detail, i.e. that he was wearing tails. Forgive me.</p>
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<p>I guess. Have fun with them, sure. But within the clearly defined guidelines of how not to defile nice clothing.</p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>I also doubt the original poster is still around. Why would she be? She is obviously unwelcome here ?! As far as arguing with someone ‘half their age’…how about someone being so disrespectful to someone double their age? Seems about the same to me.</p>
<p>Just in case Cbug is checking in: I understood your statement/question completely differently than everyone else. Maybe it’s because I am also a mom, and sending a freshman to college this fall.</p>
<p>I didn’t read your post for trends, etc…but more what he needs/should bring. Obviously, the college age person will wear something differently at times than a high school person. At college, you’ll also have a mix of private/public school kids and city/rural school kids. Lots of different fashions there. Asking what this year’s ‘in’ will be, should not be that odd of a question. (If you were moving to a Las Angeles school from the midwest for example, you’d need different clothes to fit in.) Just an example.</p>
<p>As far as being ‘our’ business what our son’s wear: I don’t pick my son’s clothes. But I do pay for them. In fact, just went this weekend and bought everything he wanted for his dorm and new school clothes. (School clothes shopping is something we do every summer before school starts. I take our daughter in 2 weeks.) They pick them out, I pay the bill.</p>
<p>My advice to Cbug: Whatever your son normally wears , plus: raincoat (but doesn’t really look like a raincoat - maybe a Columbia kind.) for those days it is torrentially raining and still have to walk to class across campus. Also, my son did not want ‘pajama/lounge’ pants. But some kids do wear them just hanging around the dorm. (I guess to class to according to the past forum posts). Consider the climate also. If you are moving from somewhere warm to somewhere cold, those fashions will be all new to you. (I believe someone in Phoenix asked about this).</p>
<p>It was a legitimate question. I’m sure they asked on THIS forum and not the parent’s forum because she wanted an answer from other college students. Thank you to all of you who were respectful. :)</p>
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<p>lol, I was just kidding around. I just get a kick out of the parents on here. Especially since there are so many with thousands of posts. It doesn’t make any sense.</p>
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<p>Who exactly is being “disrespectful” when the comment was in regard to a hypothetical situation. That would make the assumption that one party is always disrespectful when in an argument, correct?</p>
<p>Secondly, the (obvious) point was that someone twice the age of someone else should probably be more mature. Evidently for you, that’s not the case. </p>
<p>It’s the equivalent of me getting into an arguement with a child and attempting to justify my engaging in it because he “was such a disrespectful 9 year-old.”</p>
<p>I guess you’re not fond of being the bigger person and turning the other cheek. </p>
<p>However, you may feel arguing with someone half your age is perfectly fine. </p>
<p>I don’t. I’ll let you get back to that, though.</p>
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You should consider not being so anal about fashion.</p>
<p>This type of thread makes me truly appreciate the West Coast, where we focus more on your attitude and performance… and less on whether you’re wearing Vans or boating shoes.</p>
<p>^ Not all of us on the east coast are this pretentious :)</p>
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I can’t take this seriously because your location states you’re from LA, which is usually stereotyped as being full of very vapid, image obsessed types. But I’m not saying the whole west coast is anything like LA (I hope).</p>
<p>Also, after being born and raised on the east coast, I can’t say I’ve ever met a snowflake quite as special as Baelor : )</p>
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<p>I don’t see why I should neglect anything about myself.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m east coast as well. I see a lot of Vans shoes, maybe boat shoes once or twice. But its not really something to even notice on someone, in my area its all about wearing the newest Jordans.</p>
<p>But while I’m posting, anyone know if Izod clothes are all good? I like the solid colors they give and its my main new type of style; plus the outlet stores always give the best discounts for them.</p>
<p>Way too many snobs on this thread.</p>
<p>@Albert92: If they look good on you then yea. </p>
<p>@BeKindRewind: Who’s being snobbish?</p>
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<p>Thanks. I’ve only lived on the East Coast while in college though, so one year. The rest of the time I’ve been in the Midwest/West Coast.</p>