After one day of walking on campus, you will get a feel for the sense of style represented here at SDSU. As a Southern California school, there are a few trends that vary from the southern oversized-t-shirt-fanny-pack on bid day thing. We have our own strict style in this bubble that we live in that probably couldn’t be understood by many other schools. These trends vary based on what occasion, time of year and time of day.
Daily life:
Girls strut down Campanile walkway clad in Lululemon (or in my case, knockoff Lululemon) yoga pants and letters on a cold day, and shorts and a frat tank on a hot day. Girls walk flaunting their sorority’s canvas tote, while guys skateboard down the bike lane, notebooks in hand. There are those who listen to music in their headphones and those who talk on the phone through their headphones (and will forever look like they’re talking to themselves.) Some rock the gym clothes look all day even if they haven’t been to the gym, while some go to class straight after the gym.
Going out:
On the streets of the College Area at night, you will see girls frolicking around in less clothing than looks comfortable for the temperature outside. Nevertheless, we girls walk from house to house in usually nothing more than denim high-waisted shorts, crop tops and combat boots. Sometimes we throw on loose sweaters or kimonos. Sometimes we rock a Brandy dress with a bralette. But most of the time, you can see us wearing practically the same things every night in different colors, brands, and sizes.
Of course, when the themed parties start to happen later in the semester, you can usually guess what the big party of the night is based on what you see everyone wearing. Many girls pride themselves on making all of their own themed outfits using Jo-Ann fabric and their personal costume boxes. Many borrow outfits from their bigs and other sisters. And for the biggest parties, girls simply decorate their favorite bras to wear out.
Boys vary from going all out in their themed outfits to throwing on whatever could pass as a costume with as little effort as possible. It seems as if it's always been this way and will pretty much always be this way.
Going to the gym:
Boys and girls actually tend to wear the same thing to the gym: frat tanks. Boys just wear them with basketball shorts and girls wear them with running shorts or leggings. And, of course, the colorful Nikes of all shapes and sizes. Then there’s always that guy wearing a hat, or a girl in full makeup. These people fortunately are the exception and not the rule.
Game day:
Unlike southern schools, girls in Southern California don’t wear sundresses and cowboy boots to football games (not surprisingly.) Instead, the females wear their favorite SDSU bookstore shirt, cut and cropped to go perfectly with their high-waisted shorts and converse. Or, girls just wear whatever they would wear to a day party because that’s sometimes how football games feel: a nice tailgate with your favorite fraternity and a trolley ride home before the game actually starts. Boys, as usual, sport one of their frat tanks, srat tanks or SDSU gear.
Formals:
Formal dresses are not exactly what you wore to your high school’s formal. Cutouts, low necklines and high seams are the norm with these dresses, out to impress our favorite frat stars. Heels are higher than deemed safe after the consumption of a few beverages. We tend to buy from many of the same stores and therefore usually sport a few variations of the same dress. But that's okay, because if you really like a dress you'll have plenty of color options!
For girls, buying all these costumes and dresses can really add up throughout the year. Luckily, we can borrow from each other because we practically have everyone else’s closets memorized.
