<p>I understand why beanies, torn jeans, and Converse would not be appreciated, as they are rather casual and inappropriate for a formal office setting. However, I don’t believe that dreadlocks are inappropriate in an office setting if properly maintained and styled.</p>
<p>As for OP’s question, just let the boy figure out what he likes to wear on his own. Fashion taste takes a while to evolve and mature; don’t abet the delay of the formation of his own unique style by following some of the awful advice on this thread. I mean, Brooks Brothers?!</p>
<p>^no problem. some people take comments way too literally or like to intentionally twist what was said. i still don’t get why that needed to be explained…</p>
<p>Hmm. Most of you are referring to outside-the-box, unique styles where the person is walking around intentionally with a creative image.</p>
<p>I guess in this case, I agree with Baelor. Their fashion statement says something about themselves. If you’re going to spend so much time considering your wardrobe, you might as well have a respectable image–in the professional sense (artsy is still professional in some business niches). Feel free to do otherwise, but then I will judge you. </p>
<p>I was referring to people who spend way less time picking out clothes–they simply aren’t focused on a wardrobe while in college. I respect those types more than I respect the immaculately dressed. They let their actions/thoughts speak for themselves. It might slow them down because it takes longer for people to realize they are serious people, but this doesn’t make it the wrong decision.</p>
<p>No, not at all. I dress in an extremely conservative fashion. However, this was the style I chose for myself after a lot of experimentation. The only point my post made is that an individual should learn how to pick out his or her clothes based upon his or her preferences, not those of others. Who says that doing so will give them a “creative image?” </p>
<p>By the way, there’s nothing wrong with dressing in purposefully stylish clothes. Doing so doesn’t mean that you are not a serious student.</p>
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<p>What denotes “respectable” when it comes to clothing choices - according to you, that is? </p>
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<p>This thread takes PC to another level. And no, I don’t mean political corectedness.</p>
<p>i don’t know about anyone else but i was under the impression that we weren’t talking about being “creative” or dressing unusual but just not following trends and, dare i say, “wear what you want”
for example, how girls are all wearing leggings now. just because they are doesn’t mean someone else has to too (unless they like the trend). they should “wear what they want”. i thought we were talking about specifically following trends, not about being unique.</p>
<p>In the business world sense. There are many business styles for many different niche markets. But not adhering to any of them should imply that you’re not worrying about your professional image while in college.</p>
<p>If you worry about your professional image AND you’re dressing unprofessionally, then this says something about you. You’re just too lazy to dress the way you want to appear.</p>
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<p>I totally support wearing what you want in college–because it’s not the time to (just) be building a professional exterior image. I’m saying that if you ARE focused on your image (rather than developing yourself in other ways or just having social fun), then you would be a slouch if you still dressed inappropriately.</p>
<p>I wasn’t under the impression the topic was about dressing outside-the-box.
I was referring to literal trends–like something found in a magazine or whatever the current “it” look is–unless the person genuinely likes the look.
Otherwise, don’t feel obligated to wear it.</p>
<p>Simply because you do not dress in business attire - either formal or semi-formal - does not indicate that you are not concerned with your image. </p>
<p>At any rate, that’s not why anyone is - or should be - going to college in the first place.</p>
<p>I agree, people should not be going to college to build a professional exterior image. Which is why I don’t agree with Baelor that college students should be dressing professionally.</p>
<p>Just ignore post 106. I got confused. This is my point:
<p>I don’t understand either one of these – how can you claim to know why everyone is going to college? More importantly, why do you feel that you are in a position to be determining proper motives for attending college?</p>
<p>You seem to believe that college is (at least partially) about building a professional image and gaining business contacts. </p>
<p>As I’ve been saying to you, a college student could be trying to build other elements of his/her life instead. Thus, there is no reason to judge a person’s external appearance UNLESS they are trying to build a professional image and yet still dressing unprofessionally.</p>
<p>What do I mean by this? If someone is going to meetings/clubs to network and build contacts, yet they dress unprofessionally, then they are sloppy. That’s a sign of their character. </p>
<p>But if you’re not worried about professional image, then there is nothing wrong with dressing unprofessionally. After all, there are more important traits than fashion style, IMO. And no, I’m not saying that dressing unprofessionally indicates bad fashion. </p>
<p>There is no reason to start the same debate with ksarmand</p>
<p>I never said that I judged people (with that connotation). I said that I made judgments about them based on what they wear. I will obviously have a different impression of someone with a Che shirt than someone with no shirt at all, or a dress, or a tie, etc. This is nothing new.</p>
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<p>It’s not the same debate because you are literally fabricating one based on misreadings of my post – if I explicitly stated any of what you assumed anywhere, please let me know. Furthermore, it is hardly a “debate.” I am legitimately curious as to why ksarmand believes that he is qualified to make supreme claims about worthy and unworthy reasons to attend college.</p>
<p>I do not believe one ought to engage in any sort of activity purely to bolster their image; this aspect of my worldview extends to attending college. That’s all.</p>
<p>Thank you. As someone who views college as morally neutral, it is interesting to see how other people view it as something that must lead (or should not lead) to a particular end. So it is not so much a matter of people getting everything they want out of college, because contributing to image (through clothes, for example) is “bad,” and therefore should be avoided?</p>
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<p>Actually, you did right here:</p>
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<p>I suppose you could make the claim that do not know the reasons why, but know which are not the reasons why. </p>
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<p>Your claims are presumptuous. I put in bold the part where you claim that there are definite reasons why people should attend college:</p>
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<p>As you can see, I’m not skewing anything. Again, I suppose I could have been clearer in my previous post, using “knowing” instead of “determining” (if you, for example, adopted this belief from someone else).</p>
<p>You are forgiven with regard to this matter.</p>
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<p>The general tone of your posts here and elsewhere has left me with a radically different impression.</p>
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<p>Contributing to an image is not “bad,” as you have thus phrased it; as I have stated previously, it should not be the sole motivation for engaging in such an endeavor. Like I said, that’s all. Stop beating the dead horse.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the premises behind your inquiry stem from a deliberate misrepresentation of my views.</p>