What to wear when you're a student

[Deleted member 1957]

jeans jeans jeans...for ur lectures...then supersexy wen goin out

 

[aMMbitious]

skinny jeans and tops & cardigans, ballet flats or leather boots.

 

[solg]

dumbfairy & aMMbitious your style sounds a lot like mine. I like getting dressed up, if i'm going to school, carrying a million things and walking long distances in short time, i want to be comfortable. That doesn't mean leaving the house with whatever i was sleeping in. So skinny jeans, casual dresses/skirts, flats (sandals/boots), tops/shirts, cardigans & jackets are basically what i wear everyday.

 

[dumbfairy]

^But do you feel like your dressed up?Or do you just feel 'normal'?

I'm home for lunch right now,but I'm back off to Uni soon and I'm wearing a blue tea dress,black tights,brown legwarmers,an electric blue wool jacket and jade green boots (honestly I like to think I look a lot better than it sounds lol,maybe I'l take a pic for what are you wearing later ) and I guess compared to other people in my classes I am dressed up but for me this is dressed down Its not like I'm wearing some show stopping dress and really high heels. I think as people maybe we all just view what we wear differently. I wouldn't dream of wearing a hoody,jeans and sneakers EVER,but to a lot of people that's their definition of comfortabe...to me it's tortue lol. I won't even use the same bag 2 days in a row lol.

Having said that...I accidently went to lectures last week in Canterbury sweat pants lol.

Although I saw a wonderful girl today wearing a gorgous black dress,neutral tight,tan boots and a grey Marc Jacobs bag maybe all is not lost!

 

[Starry-Eyed]

The main look at my university is Uggs with Abercrombie and Fitch hoodies, highlighted, deliberately messy hair and Guess handbags. It's a uniform.

Other girls get really dressed up - stilettos, mini skirts, heavy makeup etc. That looks slightly ridiculous, especially as the campus is old with lots of cobblestones, it's impossible to walk in heels

I wear cardigans, skinny jeans, costume jewellery, pretty tops, tshirts, blazers and ballet flats/Converse/slouchy boots. I sometimes wear dresses/skirts with opaque tights, but in general I save them for nights out because I socialise a lot with people from college.

This is like an unspoken uniform in my uni.. maybe not so many stilettos, there are waaay too many stairs and cobblestones. Though in the arts block where I am mostly its boots boots boots boots boots boots and.. boots!! And they are nice but really sometimes it is overkill, that and alot of leather jackets and plaid.. maybe as the term progresses and the essays pile of the effort people put in will lessen!
I'm a big dress person though so I wear these alot with flats/..boots! and lots of layers with cardis etc.. I just never can manage to get myself together enough in the mornings to put a full outfit together, a dress is kind of a cop out.

 

[blackmascara]

My university's uniform:

Uggs. Lululemon yoga pants. Leggings as pants. TNA.

Honestly, people. Get more creative!!

 

[colourmepretty]

It's refreshing to hear someone say they wear just jeans, a sweatshirt/top, and uggs. Sure it's not considered "fashionable" by the fashion community but it is comfortable and average (in a good way). It's not wearing your PJs to school (which is kinda unsanitary anyways) but at the same time not fussy. I don't see anything wrong with wearing Uggs, Birkenstocks, sweatpants, etc. to school. Whatever makes you more comfortable at school, that should be the end of discussion as school is afterall, not a runway. For some ppl comfy is dressing up, for others its commonly owned basic like Uggs, tees, etc.

So thumbs up to you. B)

Awww, thanks. I agree, I don't have the time in the morning to think of everything from head to toe.

 

[Whitelinen]

My two cents into this sweatpants vs. groomed debate...

To me, fashion and dressing up is fun. I don't want to make it a chore. People often say it is anti-feminist to like fashion and pay attention to how you dress, but in my opinion fashion only becomes oppressive when you feel like you have to dress up for others.

I love to dress up for evenings and weekends - then I really pay attention to detail. But I don't see why I should make an effort on an ordinary day when my first and foremost importance is not to look good? I go to school to learn. To learn I need to be well-rested and relaxed - and that wouldn't mix well with spending two hours thinking what I am going to wear and how I am going to do my hair every morning. In a nutshell, I only dress up when I feel I want to.

My every-day outfit to school is jeans/trousers/simple skirt&thights, a shirt and a cardigan/pullover. It takes me five minutes to get dressed (that is, if I can find clean clothes easily... I have a bad habit of keeping a very disorganised closet!), and I certainly don't think about what I am wearing nor do I see why I should - getting out of bed and to class is enough. I don't see why I should try to look fashionable or try to portray a certain trendy look... fashion statements and school don't mix in my case. Experimenting is for my free time.

I guess yes, it is important to look clean and "proper" for every day, but that doesn't take much effort. Just buy some comfortable basics (blue jeans+cardi+t-shirts) and keep your clothes clean. What more should one do?

This said, I do have to admit that I don't see the point in wearing sportswear (as in jogging pants etc.) or pyjamas (thankfully, since there's no campus-culture here, people don't come to school straight from bed) to school... on the other end of the spectrum, I don't get people who make it a big deal and look like they are attending a party. It makes me wonder why they are in school... to socialize/attract potential boyfriends or girlfriends or to study?

 

[solg]

^But do you feel like your dressed up?Or do you just feel 'normal'?

I feel normal; sometimes i even feel like i'm dressing down. It depends on the day, sometimes i feel like throwing on a pair of jeans, a tee and Converse shoes, and others i feel like dressing up a bit more. But i try to keep it school-appropriate.

Whitelinen, i think you made a good point in your post. I feel the same about people who go to school wearing sportswear or dressed up like they're going to some party. The best dressed ones are not the ones who throw all their designer stuff on; they are the ones that can feel good with what they're wearing where they're wearing it, in my opinion. If you're going to school, you're going to school, not to the gym or to a party.

 

[Lovin_It]

vintage

vintage courtesy of charity shops / ebay for me when I was a student years ago

 

[With_the_wind]

My two cents into this sweatpants vs. groomed debate...

I don't get people who make it a big deal and look like they are attending a party. It makes me wonder why they are in school... to socialize/attract potential boyfriends or girlfriends or to study?

That's a bit judgemental. I think those people would like to think they look well put-together rather than superficial and unfocused. Judgements based on clothing are a practice that I think we, as fashion lovers, should stay away from. Judging an outfit is the norm, but when we start to make assumptions about the people wearing them, we've crossed the line.

 

[Verene]

I like to look polished but not too overdressed, so I often look at model street style for inspiration. I never wear makeup because I am too lazy. When I am too busy I just wear a t-shirt and jeans. I hate wearing sweatpants outside but they are wonderful during exam time though.

 

[Whitelinen]

That's a bit judgemental. I think those people would like to think they look well put-together rather than superficial and unfocused. Judgements based on clothing are a practice that I think we, as fashion lovers, should stay away from. Judging an outfit is the norm, but when we start to make assumptions about the people wearing them, we've crossed the line.

Perhaps you misunderstood a bit... or perhaps we disagree with what is "well put-together". I think you can be so in casual clothing such as jeans/trousers and shirt, in so-called "boring" clothes. Part of being well dressed is understanding that different situations require different dress code.

If one wakes up two hours earlier than should in the morning just to put on make-up, do hair and choose clothing, I think there is quite substantial proof to the statement that these people have something completely different in their mind than academic pursuits...

 

[fashionista-ta]

When I was a freshman, I remember getting up at 5:15 am every morning to iron a fresh pima cotton shirt (complete with ruffles--it was the preppy era ) before commuting to my 8:00 class ... I was an honors student, and was in Phi Beta Kappa (that's the oldest honors society in the US for those who might think it's a sorority ). I wasn't still doing that by the time I was a senior , but just because someone puts time into their appearance doesn't mean they aren't also serious about their studies.

 

[Whitelinen]

When I was a freshman, I remember getting up at 5:15 am every morning to iron a fresh pima cotton shirt (complete with ruffles--it was the preppy era ) before commuting to my 8:00 class ... I was an honors student, and was in Phi Beta Kappa (that's the oldest honors society in the US for those who might think it's a sorority ). I wasn't still doing that by the time I was a senior , but just because someone puts time into their appearance doesn't mean they aren't also serious about their studies.

Hahah - well that's certainly a different way! I have to admit that I wasn't talking about this kind of style...

That early for a shirt! Oh dear! But why didn't you do that in the evening or day before? Or did it need to be really freshly ironed?

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ I imagine I was studying the night before

These days I have a firm policy against ironing ... that's what the dry cleaners are for.

 

[The_Ida]

If one wakes up two hours earlier than should in the morning just to put on make-up, do hair and choose clothing, I think there is quite substantial proof to the statement that these people have something completely different in their mind than academic pursuits...

I don't, honestly. I get up early every morning because I can't stand looking like a homeless person needing a bath and a good ironing. Some people are perfectionists, regarding both appearance and studies. You don't have to be a skanky gold digger just because you don't want to look like a slob, that's ridiculous. Where I live, socializing @ uni is very very important. Uni is like a second soceity, and not in the American college-way (college doesn't compare to university in Denmark anyway). Socializing doesn't mean that you're not serious about studying, I would never allow myself to think that way, I'd go crazy.

I'm at uni at the moment, in the so-called geek department, and everybody looks put together and polished even though you have to ride your bike and get messy hair all the time. It's hard to look cool in the lab though

 

[The_Ida]

I do love wearing sneakers these days. It's a bit ghetto, but I'd never wear them with sweat pants though, so it can't be that bad A lot of girls wear sneakers to school, cute ones that is. Either metallic or something other than just plain white sneaks. Sneakers, skinny jeans+loose top/oversized dress, trench or wool coat, hair in a loose bun and earrings of some sort seem to be quite the uniform these days.

How I love and cannot afford these.

sneakershop.dk

 

[kriszti.md]

my uni is pretty big, well compared to the other hungarian universities, and the uni buildings are all over the city, so i dunno how the people at the other departments dress like. i only know how the people at my department dress like, especially biology students because i'm in the same building with only them 95% of the time.
they don't have a general style and sadly, i haven't seen one person that dresses like what i call 'stylish', or even 'well'. most of them wear sweatpants and sneakers a few of them but really few, like 1 out of 100 people, wear skinnies/jeans and basic tops, with a few accessories. then there are some more people who dress like hippies, and i can say, though i don't really like this style much, but those people dress the best from what i see
i consider myself as someone who dresses one of the best from my class (it's like 220 people so it's huge), because everyone else, even my friends, who i see wear really slobby things like sweatpants and hoodies i don't have a problem with wearing it sometimes, but every day is a bit too much imo
i usually wear nice and girly tees and blouses, often with ruffles and ribbons (i love those), with either mid-lenght skirts or dark trousers/ jeans. i love my dresses too and i wear them often with soft and thick tights. most of the time i wear black ballerinas or black heels. i mostly wear a knee-long black coat from zara with a belt across its waist. i love my accessories too, i mostly wear ribbons, headbands in my hair, but i love hair clips too.

 

[kriszti.md]

oh and Ida, i love those sneakers! i'd like to get some nice ones soon too...