Spring Break
Some campus trends boggle the mind
Issue date: 10/9/08
David Colman of the New York Times recently compared the scarves to keffiyahs, but I think that is a stretch. His main conclusion was, however, that it was simply a fashion fad, an accessory. Well, I never understood pins and brooches - I suppose I'm just left out again.
Another trend I don't comprehend are the Land's End canvas totes. Everybody, no longer just sorority girls, has begun to carry these around as book bags and fashion accessories. I'm sorry, but I just don't find these bags attractive. And they get dirty far too easily.
On the most practical level, however, they don't make much sense either, due to their construction. These bags are meant to be totes for occasions like going to the beach. However, when used as a book bag, they are entirely impractical. For one thing, most aren't that large, and for those of us who have several classes in a row, it's hard to fit all the books.
In addition, the bags are wide open. No zippers, no clasps, nothing. They also have no pockets for smaller items like pens and cell phones. Meaning these small items are rattling around your bag, which is wide open, just asking to be lost. While I understand the want for a school bag that isn't the traditional backpack, there has to be a better (and prettier) option, ladies.
While most of these baffling trends are not exactly ugly, they just don't follow the rules of common sense. It's about as confusing to me as the reason why people continue to drink hot coffee in the sweltering heat of the summer. Why melt away when you could have an iced latte? Or better yet, a frappuccino?
Often, girls seem to sacrifice common sense for fashion sense, and that makes no sense to me. Why can't somebody invent a trend, for once, that is new, different, fun, pretty and also (gasp!) functional? On that strain, I will give credit to one good, positive, sensical fashion item in the last year: flats. Hallelujah, it's once again okay to wear shoes that won't break your feet, and you can still look good doing so! And that's what I call fashion sense!
Another trend I don't comprehend are the Land's End canvas totes. Everybody, no longer just sorority girls, has begun to carry these around as book bags and fashion accessories. I'm sorry, but I just don't find these bags attractive. And they get dirty far too easily.
On the most practical level, however, they don't make much sense either, due to their construction. These bags are meant to be totes for occasions like going to the beach. However, when used as a book bag, they are entirely impractical. For one thing, most aren't that large, and for those of us who have several classes in a row, it's hard to fit all the books.
In addition, the bags are wide open. No zippers, no clasps, nothing. They also have no pockets for smaller items like pens and cell phones. Meaning these small items are rattling around your bag, which is wide open, just asking to be lost. While I understand the want for a school bag that isn't the traditional backpack, there has to be a better (and prettier) option, ladies.
While most of these baffling trends are not exactly ugly, they just don't follow the rules of common sense. It's about as confusing to me as the reason why people continue to drink hot coffee in the sweltering heat of the summer. Why melt away when you could have an iced latte? Or better yet, a frappuccino?
Often, girls seem to sacrifice common sense for fashion sense, and that makes no sense to me. Why can't somebody invent a trend, for once, that is new, different, fun, pretty and also (gasp!) functional? On that strain, I will give credit to one good, positive, sensical fashion item in the last year: flats. Hallelujah, it's once again okay to wear shoes that won't break your feet, and you can still look good doing so! And that's what I call fashion sense!
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