Going to high school when I was a teenager was a time of growing up and maturing and besides all the book learning it was learning how to be accepted and learning socialization. I know it’s the same today and it’s an exciting time, but seems to be more pressure on our teens of today, figuring out where they fit in and can be accepted for who they are or who they may think they are now. Even though the fashions have changed there was always pressure and a certain look you had to maintain. Some of the fashion looks of today are:
1) The Rocker – Rock band fans are very much into this high school fashion and it’s very popular. This may include shirts that sport their favorite bands or that make a statement and you have to have a lot of trinkets including tribal necklaces and some studded braclets. You have to have an attitude to go with this fashion. You have to have a passion forrock music and it helps if you have huge headphones with an ipod to go with the look. Maybe a couple of drum sticks or some other musical acceseory would finish off the look.
2) The Jock – To have the jock mode just wearing the varsity team jacket would transform any outfit into The “jock mode”. The jock look is easily accomplished by trying out for a school teams and actually earning the right to wear a jacket and they hide behind the jacket and big letters because of their poor fashion sense.However the school debate and varsity chess team don’t count and even though we’ve always had this look around it just dosen’t count.
3) The Goth – Black is the only word that describes the Goth fashion. This high school fashion is often used by people who wish to make statements of anguish or angst. The more weird looking the accessories they have to have them and you have to have the black eyeliner and black lipstick. Even though our students that make use of this fashion want to claim they do so in order to show their individuality, it is more commonly caused by wanting to belong to a group of people who want to show that they do not belong. I went to beauty school with one such goth and it was very interesting to watch this young woman turn into a butterfly.
4) The computer geek – Our geeks and nerds were always known because of their never-cool-clothes. The thing is,they are always so busy trying to save the world and their other projects that they just didn’t care. Now a days if you dress geeky and nerdy people turn their head because they think that maybe you will help them with projects because computers are a hit with everyone and they tend to overlook the phenomonon, doesn’t mean your gonna fit, but they love the look because of recent shows and try to emulate it.
5) The Fashionista – this is the hardest look to maintain since it requires that you always be updated on the latest high school fashions. You need to research thoroughly on the subject of what’s hot and what’s not. You need to constantly scout out malls in order to be the first one to have the best outfit ever. Your duty does not end here. As a fashionista, you will have to establish the highest standard of high school fashion.
These are just a few of the more notable fashions among our young. As I’ve stated in other post and I know I’m in the minority because everyone I talk to makes the comment, “Oh to be young again”, I on the other hand would not for one second want to go through my life again and I definitely would not like to be young again.
I think from grade school till 12 th grade they should wear uniforms of the same kind there are too many other things that they need to be learning without worrying about who wears the best fashions to school. It would equalize the poor and the rich, but that is my personal opinion.
