How to Buy Clothes for College

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Choose clothes for college for their comfort and washability, but also with an eye to fashion.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Select appropriate clothing for the climate: winter coats and long underwear for colder climates, shorts and lightweight sweaters for warmer climates. Remember rain and cold-weather garments.
Step2
Anticipate involvement in athletic activities and choose relevant athletic wear.
Step3
Select comfortable clothes, like sweats and T-shirts. You'll long for comfort during long hours of studying.
Step4
Select clothes that are wrinkle-free and easy to wash. You won't want to spend money at the dry cleaners or time in the laundromat.
Step5
Pack plenty of extra underwear and socks. You'll go through these items quickly.
Step6
Take hats for cold weather or bad hair days.
Step7
Select comfortable shoes appropriate to the climate; you will be doing more walking than you think.
Step8
Buy at least one nice outfit including shoes, hose/socks, belts/purses and other accessories for dating, important social occasions and interviews.

Tips & Warnings

  • Try to find everyday clothes of the same kind: all light-colored cottons or all dark blends. You will be able to do all your wash in one load.

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on 2/11/2007 Try www.BuyandSellUsedJeans.com to buy your jeans and then when you are in college and broke you can sell your jeans there :)

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on 7/29/2006 I think comfort is key. I think a jean and tank top are cool to wear all the time. But accessories make an ordinary outfit look totally different. Add a necklace or some bangles to those jeans and that tank and make them look alive.

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on 3/30/2006 1. Salvation Army has great pieces to sew up.
2. You would be surprised at not only how comfortable pj's are, but how cute.
3. Slip on shoes.
4. Accessories. Nothing makes an outfit more you. I might have the same Target outfit as everyone else, but a good beaded necklace and my classy fedora jazz it up.
5. Be you. Colleges are now too conformist. Stop trying to be in-style and be who you want to be. You might not get into the Greek life, but you will find people that think like you.
6. Be wary that making fun of anyone Gothic, rocker, bohemian etc. will probably either get you smacked in the face or lauded with some witty insult from Shakespeare or Fall Out Boy.

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on 2/28/2006 Buy a good pair of jeans- you can't go wrong with them. Then you can wear them winter or summer with any shirts or jumpers. Very versatile.

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on 11/22/2005 Be sure to carry an umbrella in your backpack, it sucks walking to class getting soaked the whole way!

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