I heard someone say that college students are a lot like kindergarteners, and after seeing some of the fashion choices on this campus, I can only agree.
Some students walked out of high school, realized they could wear whatever they wanted and promptly chose all of the wrong choices at the same time. Others still fall into predictable fashion traps, myself included. 
I could probably ignore the whole Lululemon wave if it was for athletic purposes. If you get dressed in the morning to play tennis, I have nothing but respect for your commitment. If you do not plan to go hard in the clay, though, ask yourself if it matches, or if you put both pieces on because of the logos.
The concept of matching outfits does not come from brand loyalty; it comes from basic color theory. Blue skirts do not go with coral tops, and I refuse to keep pretending like they do. Eventually, you will end up putting your outfit underneath an oversized sweatshirt, like we know you want to. What do you care if people know you are wearing pants? 
My Converse will be pried from my cold, dead hands, but I absolutely cannot defend wearing them for an entire day of classes. These are probably great for people who can do without any arch support, but those of us unfit for military service are left to suffer. The Chuck is a timeless icon, but they are also unreasonably impractical for a campus as spacious and uneven as ours. Senior fashion design and merchandising major Sara Murphy agrees.
“Converse are cute in my opinion, but they have no support. My feet are so flat, and I can’t even wear them comfortably,” Murphy said. 
Further on shoes, unless someone is leaving immediately to go to work as a ranch hand or in a wet field, there is no reason to wear cowgirl boots, especially not on game days in September when the grass is dry and the heat pushes mid-90. I recognize that a wealth of people here are wearing cowgirl boots specifically because they do ranch and/or wet field based work, but for the rest of us, it is too hot to be wearing cowgirl boots above 80 degrees. Some people make  the heat even worse by pairing them with leather skirts that raise the internal body temperature high enough to warrant a trip to the Longest Student Health Center, or, on game days when the health center is closed, a trip to urgent care paid for out of pocket.
I will never shame modesty as a personal choice, but thinking “modest is hottest” and simultaneously wearing denim Bermuda shorts are directly oppositional. Laura Dern looked hot in Bermuda shorts in Jurassic Park. You are not Laura Dern. 
Bermuda shorts might not crop up as much as other current trends, but I have seen it enough to get middle school flashbacks.
“The Bermuda short is not without controversy. To walk around publicly wearing the knee-grazing style 100 years ago was to potentially open yourself up to scandal, fines, and more,” said Madge Maril with The Zoe Report.
Does this mean my opinion on Bermuda shorts makes me a bad feminist? No, women in the past wore the shorts and paid the fines so we could avoid having to do either of those things.
Good fashion trends also exist, and Allie Middleton, a junior fashion design and merchandising major, had some more positive things to say about trends.
“Tote bags are the new backpack, and they’re much more comfortable for walks to class. Sweaters tied around the shoulder are seen all around now, as they can be thrown on and off in the unpredictable weather,” Middleton said.
This much I will agree with: using a tote bag as a backpack is the winning trend of Mississippi State University’s current fashion climate. Everybody loves a tote.