Let’s be honest: buttoned-up shirts, skinny jeans, high-top shoes – a common look around campus, yet something which doesn’t suit everyone (*Mark). Whether it be indie, well-dressed, under-dressed, or simply the comfortable clothes of someone who doesn’t care much for the trappings of modern society and its embrace of the superficial, everyone should have their own style. Or should they? Now being the proud owner of skinny jeans myself, which, despite being neither comfortable nor the right size, are a testament to the need not to possess a style which we call our own. Having been told that wearing the same pair of college trackpants everyday for months on end is ‘unfashionable’, I caved in and made a conscious decision to ‘conform’. With a notepad in one hand and a Castro’s coffee in the other, I could be lost in even the smallest of crowds, but who cares? (*Callum) Surely our uniqueness, whatever it is that separates us from the next guy, should be defined by a personality, by an approach to life, not simply a superficial pursuit such as fashion. Conformity is something that many people do, but few are willing to acknowledge – an approach which leaves it on an exclusive list including racial profiling and mastibation (*James). I say embrace it, because before you know it, conformity will be the new non-conformity.
But if conformity requires me to buy new clothing on a regular basis, I don’t think I can financially support such a venture.