Change of Weather

FASHION BLUES

How does the value of design in society change as the air begins to cool and gloomy clouds hang low in the grey sky? How greatly is society's wardrobe affected by the changing season? Surrounding the UC Davis campus are numerous students plagued by the absence of the summer sun. Normally conscious dressers have become careless with their daily wardrobe. Uggs, sweatpants, sweat shirts, scarves, mismatched and oversized garments hang from the student's bodies. The overall lack of shape in design transforms an ordinarily intellectual student into a sloppy dressed bicycle rider.

What is it about the change in whether that allows people of all backgrounds and ages to have a total disregard for design ? Pajamas become acceptable outerwear, as hair is equivalently as distorted, and overall appearance is anything but professional. Color scheme and patterns become obsolete, as oversized layered clothing become ubiquitous. Perhaps the students want to assume anonymity through the popular trend of the college sweatshirt paired with old jeans. Perhaps their strategy is to avoid attention and achieve assimilation among peers. However this pattern of dressing is most frequent and visually painful during the coldest months of the year. Is it safe to assume the cold weather affects ones energy and will to impress in the morning ? For whatever reason the average person simply refuses to apply concepts of higher fashion as a means of healing the pain of the cold.

Elle Magazine, Vogue, Harpers Baazar, and Nylon would all agree that winter clothing can be just as individual and sophisticated as any other essential piece of your wardrobe. For example, wool jackets, pea coats, leather jackets, finely made gloves, tall riding boots, tights, leggings, cardigans, blazers, knit dress pants, wool suits,as well as vests may all be worn to embellish the winter wardrobe. Design must not be sacrificed for comfort, may the common man continue of his/her quest to dress to impress despite the bitter cold ahead.