So life is weird right now. I don’t think any of us envisioned our lives taking this turn, and now we’re kind of scrambling to adapt to this new, yet somewhat temporary normal. So when I thought about what this looks like for my blog, I was really at a loss.
The whole point of this thing was to highlight USC students with cool sense of style, so what happens when I’m home on the Upper East Side, far away from the creative fashion choices of my classmates?
After thinking long and hard about how to solve this problem and give the fans one last post, I realized something. I am a USC student. I’ve been interviewing other people this whole time, but not once did I consider myself as a student on campus who has an interest in fashion.
I’m going to warn you, I’m not that interesting in terms of fashion. I’m truly just using myself as a last resort. I know you’re probably thinking, well why don’t you just tell us your favorite Internet sales happening right now or how to do more cool things with our clothes, but I don’t want to. I like the theme of my blog and I’m not a quitter so I’m sticking this thing out till the end.
Okay, enough of this, let’s get to the good stuff. I personally love fashion. Not so much in a what new trend can I spend my money on way, but in the expression of varied personalities type of way. Fashion is a tool people can use to show who they are or how they want to be perceived. I touched on this in the first post, where I described what the purpose of fashion and self-expression really is. So how do I like to express myself?
If I could be like cartoon-character Mark Zuckerberg and pick my one t-shirt and pants to wear everyday, I’d be more than happy in a nice fitting pair of jeans and a white t-shirt, Stan Smiths on my feet. I would always prefer simplicity; clean lines and minimal pattern. Chic and sophisticated, but not overly formal.
It wasn’t until this year that I understood the role that appearance has in self-esteem. When I get dressed and put on a bit of makeup, I feel so much more confident, happy, and put-together in all aspects of my life. I also realized that wanting to dress myself well doesn’t necessarily mean I’m vain. In fact, it means I care about myself enough to want to be a person that is outgoing and excited to communicate with others. Maybe you’re trying to connect high fashion with altruism, but that’s not my point. My point is that in order to be a useful and positive member of society, sometimes it best suits us (no pun intended) to put a little more effort into the mental and physical composition behind our decisions.
In all honesty, I had no intention of turning this into a self-help, philosophic spiel about feeling good about ourselves and yada yada. But hey, this is my last post so why not end it off on a slightly cliched note. Aren’t we all a little in our feels these days, anyway?
So now you know a little bit more about me. I hope you appreciated or even liked my attempt at vulnerability, but if you didn’t, that’s okay too. Take care, be healthy, and maybe put on a pair of pants if you feel like it.
dressed for class 