Fashion

Getting dressed in the morning may be one of my favorite parts of the day. Putting together different outfits together for me is fun. I would consider my style preppy, I do love to wear polo shirts, and yes I do pop my collar. Clothing are an outward expression of who you are. Whether we like to believe it, others are always judging you on what you wear. I think that what I wear is a relfection of my personality. I make it a point that my clothing is always matching and not wrinkled. Even my sweatpants get ironed. In the future, historians will probably look back at my clothes and laugh. I know that style and fashion is cyclical and what was popular in the past usually becomes popular again decades later, but who knows what will happen in 500 years.

A Media Obsession

Since the advent of radio, television, and computers in the twentieth century, it is almost impossible to escape the media. It captivates my generation and makes the majority--not all--of my generation homogenous. It lacks the luster of individuality. Popular music is essentially comprised of the same subjects and musical arrangements. The same stories of celebrities are published weekly or bi-weekly in a multitude of tabloids (which are generally the same). Reality TV shows, although different in objective, have the same execution: strangers who are also competitors live together in a house, cliques form, alliances form, people hook up, and, of course, drama is instigated. I ask my generation, why do we need an array of tabloids if they all publish the same stories? Why tune into the new reality TV show when you know it will follow that basic format? This type of entertainment is completely irrelevent to peronal lives, and by playing into it, the fire only grows.

What my generation needs to do is recognize the benefits of uniqueness and the dangers of uniformity. It's a tough proposition, but there's hope, I think.

--David Charlesworth

A Fashion Diatribe

A little-known band named Tenacious D once sang (in the song "Rock Your Socks"), "Are you willing to make the commitment, waking up, going 'okay, it’s gig time, what t-shirt am I gonna wear?'" Alright, so I don't have any gigs to play, and I'm not even in a band, but I do feel sort of like that when I get dressed every morning. Just recently, in fact, I bemoaned my lack of humorous T-shirs to my roommate. But why t-shirts and jeans, though? I guess part of it comes from a newfound freedom I found in college that I never had beforehand. Before college, I dressed myself in a shirt and tie every day before going to school. Now that might have been fine at Prep school, but I needed a different image for College. I think that what I wear here helps me to stand out from the "popped collar crowd" that is associated with Stonehill. Personally, I'd rather be abrasive than fit in; of course t-shirts from Hot Topic and Kohl's can only be so contrastive, but I do what I can. In addition, I carry a bag adorned with pins and wear an Armor for Sleep sweatshirt because they are colorful and they each exhibit a piece of my personality.

Fashion Forward

Liz Moran
No matter what anyone says, we all pass judgement about other people based on looks. We (hopefully) do not base our entire opinion about that person based on their appearance, but it does play a key factor in every ones life. The clothes a person chooses to wear is the way in which they choose to present them self to everyone else. Also, it is an easy way to identify with another person; it is already one thing you have in common. The clothes a person puts on their back is not only comprised of color and fabric, but of personal style and mood. I say mood because lord knows if it is a nasty, rainy day outside, I'm going to class in sweatpants and a hoodie. But if it is a beautiful summer day, I may be more inclined to wear shorts and a tank top or something. The clothes a person chooses to wear says something about them. It is an inaudible statement of who they are or what they choose to represent. Boys wear jerseys or hats of their favorite sports teams, and girls choose to run around with "juicy" or "pink" stamped on their butts (but hey that's personal choice:)) People put labels on clothing, and not just on the back of the shirt or pants. We tend to classify people by what they wear: preppy, ghetto, grungy, gothic, etc. It can also be a symbol of status. There are some brands of clothing that people know are expensive and have a distinct logo or something. Some people buy clothes like that to tell other people, "look at me I can afford this." Personally I think that bogus. No matter what you wear, I think you should be comfortable and happy, and screw what anyone else thinks:).
“"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.”--John Fairchild

Generation

My generation is thought of in a negative aspect; we are seen as lazy and selfish. sometimes i feel that this is true for some of us unfortunately. However I am also happy to be a part of the new Celtics dynasty generation. I have been waiting patiently for them to return to their glory days, and with the help of the new Big 3 it appears that thye will be able to do so. The bang wagon jumpers for the Celtics have been enormous, but that unfortunately is something that I have to deal with for the team to be good. I went to about 10 games last year, and this year I will be lucky if I can make it to 3. There will be so many pink Garnett jerseys in the stands while I am sitting at home that it is going to make me sick,. It all boils down to Green 17 though, and if they can take that home then nothing else will matter. November 2nd basketball action returns to Boston, and hopefully my generation will be able to experience championship glory.

Talkin Bout My Generation

I, along with many others, view my generation as being misguided in many ways. I feel this way because I don't see my generation as having proper or noteworthy role models. In growing up in urban Boston, I noticed how most of the youth around me were driven by, and in many ways, blinded by their desires to make it big. Their role models are celebrities, music artists, and sports players who know more about selling their souls for commercialism, than anything else. To emphasize this point, all you have to do is look at who in our society makes the big bucks. I think there is something seriously wrong when a basketball player (as much as I love the sport) makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year, while the educators of our youth barely make enough to support themselves and their families. And for this reason, the multi-millionaire athletes and musicians are the people that our generation look up to and idolize. When asked, more kids today will say that they want to grow up to be the next Allen Iverson or T.I., and not the next high school counselor. For this reason, I think our generation is misguided, and has the wrong impression of what true success is.
---Felicia Waldron