The other day I was sitting with some friends and overheard a girl say, "I need to buy more going out clothes." For some odd reason, this comment really angered me. It made me start to think what really are "going out" clothes, and why are they even a thing? If you walked into a fraternity house you would see a common fashion trend: jeans and a crop top, or at least a top that was a little sexy. Can we think about what is wrong with that?

Let's think about a typical Friday night. You’ve had a long week and you can’t wait to go out with your friends. You start to try on your entire closet, but find nothing; you try on your friend’s entire closet but find nothing. You somehow have an entire closet full of clothes but can’t find anything to wear. Your mom always tells you that you have so many clothes and don’t need to buy more, but it’s not that I don’t have clothes, it’s that I don’t have “going out” clothes. So what’s the problem, here?

In today’s world, the average girl comes to a fraternity house in jeans and a tight shirt. But what if you just ate a really unhealthy dinner and don’t want to wear a tight shirt -- well, then are you going to wear “going out” clothes? Most girls will still wear what they perceive as “going out” clothes even if it is not what they are comfortable wearing at that night.

I decided to go scroll through Tobi's shirts on their website, Tobi.com. I started to put shirts in my shopping cart, that I would never feel comfortable wearing. I would never buy them for any occasion other than going out. This got me thinking, why is it that we have to conform to this. We should be able to wear what we feel comfortable in. Yes, some people do, but not all. Some girls feel as if they need to fit in when they go out even if they would rather be in some baggy shirt and leggings. There is a preconceived notion in college that when you go out you must get drunk and dress a certain way. But this just shouldn’t be the case.

If you want to wear leggings and a sweatshirt out then do it (but I do warn you, you may get very hot), if you want to wear overalls out, then do it, if you want to wear a turtleneck out, then do it. We should stop conforming to the idea of “going out” clothes and instead we should go out in what we are comfortable in. Because, in all honesty, if you wear something out that you don't feel comfortable in, chances are you are not going to have a good time.