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By: Anika Brown
What happened to style?
As I became reacquainted with my hometown, Vallejo, California, after living in San Francisco for two years, this question ran repeatedly through my head. What happened to dressing with authority, individuality and flair? Even animals, with their rainbow-colored plumes and unique scents, make an effort to stand out from the pack. So what’s up with this homogenous clothing trend and its diminished individuality?
Passing yet another sea of billowing white T-shirts and baggy jeans, it becomes obvious that young human males have officially tossed aside nature’s rules. Lamenting their laziness and lack of couture creativity, I recently approached my older brother to find out the reasoning behind this uninspired phenomenon.
“What’s going on?” I asked. “What’s up with the whole white T-shirt thing? Every time I see you and your friends, you guys are wearing the same thing.”
“It’s just how we dress. You know, like the song, ‘White T-Shirt, Blue Jeans, and Nikes,’” he said, quoting Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak’s popular song.
“And it’s not the same thing every time you see me…I wear a new one every day,” he added.
“You what?”
“I wear a new [white tee] almost every day. You can’t really wear them more than once, twice at the most. They start to look dingy. You gotta stay fresh, crisp. The tees are only about $13, so it doesn’t really matter.”
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