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[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Wearing super preppy clothes to school/college. I was mistaken for a teacher in 11th grade. In college, I once wore a pencil skirt, black tights, white sweater, and high heels... to a regular Tuesday afternoon class, just because I wanted to.

[–] delicious_justice@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love this and wish people would still get more dressed up to do random stuff.

[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If I had time and money I would invent dressy clothes that are practical, long-lasting and comfortable!

The problem was that I adopted the trend without thinking about my poor college student lifestyle (LOTS of bus-metro-walk and carrying heavy books). By the end of that day, the tights had runs, the heels were dirty and scuffed, and my feet were killing me. I looked and felt like crap.

[–] delicious_justice@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Haha- it’s always the shoes, isn’t it? I walk a lot and it’s really driven my footwear choices over the years. There is little crossover between the truly comfortable (hello, plantar fasciitis) and fancy stylish.

Though back in the day I would wear heels and tights for my retail jobs. Definitely helped me sell more!

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Doing something because you wanted to makes you way more grown up than the clothes.

[–] stelelor@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Aw, thank you. I appreciate it but let's be real: I know it was stupid. Like, I thought that dressing smart means I'm smart. I did enjoy the feeling of being put together, but wearing my heavy backpack with heels was atrociously stupid.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

That college outfit doesn't sound weird to me at all, but I went to college in Portland, so maybe I'm used to weird.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

You looked nice and took pride in yourself. You should remember this time fondly.