Opinions concerning fashion vary, but...
Poll shows UNL students’ shopping
is frequently influenced by new trends
By Jane Hirt
Staff Reporter
Some people consider only fash
ion and trends when they shop. But to
others, it’s a deterrent. Of 40 Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln students
polled in a Daily Nebraskan poll, 68
percent said they think that fashion is
important and consider what is in
style when they shop.
Diann Witt, a senior marketing
major, said fashion is very important
to her.
“It’s extremely important for me
to look my best at all times,” she said,
“so 1 always want to wear something
that is in style.”
Brad Brunz, a freshman pre-law
major, said he also thinks it is impor
tant to consider what’s in style while
' shopping.
“I feel it’s important to try to keep
up with the times,” he said, “to look
good, not look sloppy.”
Of those polled, 27 percent said
they don’t consider fashion impor
tant. Five percent said they were
undecided.
Mason Stauss, an undeclared
freshman, said he looks more for
comfort than fashion.
“I consider only what is comfort
able and what is reasonably priced,”
he said.
Freshman Kathryn Wilfoth said
fashion doesn’t influence her when
she shops.
“If I like something, I like it,” she
said. “If I don’t and everyone is
wearing it, I like it even less.”
Those who said fashion was im
portant to them said they find out
what’s in style mainly through televi
sion, magazines, clothing stores and
what everyone else is wearing.
But fashion isn’t just what’s in a
store. It tells a lot about a person and
how they wish to portray themselves
to others. Of the students polled, all
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said that, to some extent, they dress
for themselves.
Kate McQuadc, an undeclared
freshman, said that although she
considers fashion important, she
dresses for herself.
“I believe I only have to please
myself,” she said. “If other people
don’t like how I dress, that’s their
problem.”
Stacia Koch, a sophomore inter
national affairs and pre-law major,
said she dresses first for herself and
then for others.
“Portraying a positive self-image
helps you to not only feel better about
yourself, but shows you care about
how you look,” she said.
Part of fashion is the many trends
that appear and quickly disappear
every season. Those polled said that
some of their favorite new trends arc
miniskirts, crop tops, men’s button
down collars and the return of
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Paula Thompson, a junior ele
mentary education major, said she
likes miniskirts because they are
“attractive on most people.”
“If it’s worn right, it can look very
classic,” she said.
Monica Wells found an added
plus to miniskirts.
“They look good, they’re com
fortable, and they leave something
up to the imagination,” said Wells, a
senior pre-physical therapy major.
Some of the least favorite fashion
trends of those polled included acid
washed clothes, bell-bottoms and
ripped jeans with holes in the knees.
Tina Nicmcycr, a sophomore fi
nance major, said she considers bell
bottoms a “major fashion disaster.”
For this reason, she said, she doesn’t
like the new wide-cuffed pants.
“They look loo much like bell
bottoms,’’she said. “I will never,ever
wear them again in this lifetime.”
John Martin, a freshman agron
umy major, said his least favorite
fashion trend is holes in jeans, be
cause they can get “pretty obscene.”
Terri Hughes, a sophomore mar
keting major, said she thinks fashion
isn’t just going with the trends and
buying trendy clothes.
“It’s buying clothes you look and
feel good in,” she said. “If you feel
good in something, you’ll look good,
also.”
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