Comments on: Regional Casual Uniform

By: The Academic Wardrobe: Habitude

The Academic Wardrobe: Habitude — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:32:51 +0000

[…] Mielke at The Space Between My Peers, describes her “Regional Casual Uniform” thus: “here in the Great Northwest, while the bottom may be a skirt, shorts, or pants, […]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:56:38 +0000

Oh, I’m sorry. The farmer uniform’s not so bad, but Mrs Farmer needs a makeover in the worst way!!! That is interesting to note, though, that black is not common. Maybe that’s why I’ve never liked it (since where I grew up, the farmers are the upper crust of society).

Welcome to the blog, btw!

By: mom.huebert

mom.huebert — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:40:24 +0000

Here in rural Nebraska it’s sort of like living in a fashion drought.

Uniforms for most men (because most of them around here are farmers) include jeans, cowboy shirts, work boots and a seed corn cap (a baseball cap with a seed company logo). Unless it’s a dress-up occasion, then it’s the same except substitute cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.

Uniforms for women are jeans and big tee shirts (often with a Huskers logo), with athletic shoes (with a large following of flip flops in summer.)

I’m one of the very few people I know who wears black.

By: lojo

lojo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:59:59 +0000

Michigan here-
women up here wear a lot of jean shirts, so it’s black pants , jeans or khakis, white t shirt, and denim shirt. flip flops if warm, merrils if colder. the dressier version of that is the same, black pants or khakis, white t shirt and black jacket. It’s very Tipper Gore-esqe

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:31:25 +0000

Long Island New York — too much tanning, bleaching (of hair), too many long square fake nails, too much that is too short for the wearer, too much bling. The alternative is jeans, sweatshirts and white sneakers.

Of course, in NYC, anything goes. I’m sure each tribe has it’s own code, In midtown there are lots of beautiful blonde dye jobs, which somehow look wrong on their owner’s heads. Lots of black, but plenty of colour too. I find it interesting that some women with the perfect blonde hair and beautifully cut black clothing look older and dull than one would expect.

By: karen

karen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:39:49 +0000

Rebecca, the uniform in Palos Verdes, CA is: bootcut jeans, flipflops and a Michael Stars tee shirt stuffed with (preferably) large breasts.

By: Duchesse

Duchesse — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:17:29 +0000

Here in Toronto people look pretty much like Chicago, Boston or NYC:: lots of black, on top and bottom. Big bags, boots. In winter, nearly all coats are black, I get tired of it (and wear it myself). Lots of highlighted hair, a great deal of it badly done.

Outdoorsy clothes (vests, cargo pants, fleece) mark one as a student.

The real jolt was when I left India after a month’s stay and had one day’ layover in Munich. After the land of brilliant saris and salwar kameez and NO black or navy outfits, suddenly I was back in the world of tailored, dark clothes., What a shock!

By: Kari

Kari — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:16 +0000

Funny, Rebecca - I’m just on the other side of the Cascades from you but can’t say I notice a lot of black tops. I agree with you about the gear-like or outdoorsy skirts or pants - denim, cargo pockets, chinos… and outdoorsy shoes too, like Tevas/Chacos in the summer or Keanes during colder months. Fleece pullovers are still also really prevalent in winter.

Needless to say, I don’t blend in a heck of a lot.

By: drwende

drwende — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:02:51 +0000

Phoenix, AZ –

1. Earnest yuppie = baggy shorts + baggy t-shirt in dirty white
2. Trophy wife = capris, tank top, metallic strappy sandals, giant metallic purse

In the winter, the natives are the ones wearing long pants and sweaters. The snowbirds are the ones in sweatshirts with shorts.

By: Chrs

Chrs — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:44:43 +0000

It’s kind of similar to the way the typecast diversity of freshmen becomes jeans, T-shirts/sweaters and low-slung sneakers within a semester. At an engineering school, anyway.