School. An institute of learning where you go to broaden your mind and better yourself. Right?
Wrong!
School is a runway for everyday people. Yup, cancel that plane ticket to New York for Fashion Week, experience it right here in your Polytechnic or University! Trust me, the styles here are far more diverse than anything you’d experience at a fashion show. So pull out that pen and paper and get ready to take some notes.
Here are 15 ways Singaporeans students dress to school.
These are the people you want to be learning from. Who cares about lecturers? Pay attention to them! You know who they are. They’re the ones your eyes naturally gravitate towards while you’re daydreaming in class. They’re the ones who can pull of anything, and I mean ANYTHING.
You know that giraffe print sweater and silver sequin pants? The ones you’ll surely look ridiculous in? Nope, not these girls. They’ll look great. I know, I know, lets cry together.
Ah, the male equivalent. They love wearing colours that you’ve never even heard of. I’m talking rose gold, salmon, mustard. In your mind you’re thinking, “Bro, that’s just yellow,” but you let it pass anyway because they look incredible and you’re mad jealous.
You can’t help but feel bad for those who fall in this category. They are trying their best to look good but unfortunately, they fall a little (a lot) short. You know who they are, the ones with the caked on make up and really odd looking clothes. But hey, at least they are confident about it.
That’s all that matters.
Right…? Anybody?
Galaxy print. Galaxy print everywhere. These are the ones who think its Laneway everyday. You’ll never catch them in anything remotely normal. Converse is way too mainstream. They’ll be wearing cowboy boots to school but oh don’t be fooled, they’re wearing them ironically.
And they’re probably growing out a moustache too. But don’t you dare call them a hipster because they hate it. (They actually love it.)
These are the kids who live way too near to school or who live in the hall. School is merely an extension of their house and they see absolutely no reason to get dressed up for it. Their every day attire comprises FBTs and the same t-shirt they slept in. They also happen to be in a relationship with their flip flops.
These are the ones who seem to have a party to head to every night. And they come to school dressed for the parties as if they are just too busy to change after school. One might assume their schedules are tighter than their skirts.
These ones are intense.They show up in full business attire, as if they’re always ready to give a speech or discuss politics. You find yourself wondering what their legs look like when you realise you’ve never seen them in anything but perfectly tailored trousers.
On the flip side, you’ve got these kids who draw their fashion inspiration from MTV. They wear their pants so low, its almost as if they’ve managed to somehow defy gravity. Their main fashion accessory are their boxers and just.. I don’t need to see that. Keep it in your pants.
This is everybody at some point in time. You stayed up all night studying for the test and the next moment you realise class starts in 15 mins! You basically run out in whatever it is you’re wearing only to realise the coffee stains on your shirt don’t really complement the bags under your eyes or the foul smell coming from your mouth.
Being an athlete is a full time job and no one knows this better than these kids. They’re perpetually in some kind of attire that they could very easily sprint off in. Their book bag is actually a gym bag and their t shirts are all dry fit. Being an athlete is just as important as being a student to them and they’re dressed for the part. Don’t play play.
These girls get all their style tips from Japanese magazines. Telling them that they look cute is the biggest compliment you could ever give them. All you’d have to do is look past the fact that they actually look like an overgrown baby.
These kids usually band together and there’s a reason for that. The heavy eye liner and make up might have an outsider like you thinking your school has transformed into a Halloween House of Horrors but don’t be too worried. Try not to be alone with them in dark places though.
Hermes bag? Check. Prada dress? Check. Chanel pencil case? Check. These are the ones who are dressed head to toe in the most expensive duds and just looking at them is like a reminder that you’ll never be even slightly as rich as they are. Or should I say, as their parents are.
Those under this category are the ones who seem to wear the same thing every single day. They have zero creativity when it comes to dressing for school. Sometimes you wonder if their closet looks like Dexter’s and its just the same outfit repeated twenty times.
These are the ones who are unfortunately living in the past and never seemed to have left secondary school. The concept of getting to wear anything you want and not having to stick to a uniform every day is just too daunting for them so they decide to wear their secondary school t shirts every single day.
So, there we go! 15 ways people dress to school. Which category do you fall under? Know any other ways people dress? Let us know in the comments below!
Remember though, ultimately, fashion is completely subjective and what looks good to you may not look good to another. So don’t be afraid to dress however you want, rock your look with confidence and use your style as a means to express yourself!
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