I Feel Smarter Already

First day of graduate classes....I can already see my free time slipping away but I guess that was the point. My professor's first words to the class were "I'm from another planet" so this should be interesting. He also passed out a piece of paper entitled "I like students who..." My favorite thing on the list was "I like students who cover their mouths when they yawn so their spirits can't escape."

I did enjoy the mixed look of confusion and condescension when I said that I had previously been a fashion merchandising major in my undergrad life. This isn't Harvard and I'm not Elle Woods...I never took a class called "The History of Polka Dots" and my concentration in Textile Science doesn't mean that I know how to sew. The girl sitting next to me told me that fashion was her first love because she loved to shop and used to work at Banana Republic. Does that really qualify fashion to be your first love? I don't know....

Fashion is defined as....a prevailing custom or style of dress. It means more than shopping and putting outfits together. Every girl likes to shop...does that mean we should all be working in the fashion industry?

This is why I love fashion.....

1. Everyone has to wear clothes. Whether they're fashionable or not, clothing unites us all in some weird way and because of it, we don't have to see naked people all day long.

2. Fashion has an interesting history to it. From Charles Worth, the world's first couturier, to the invention of blue jeans by the Genoese Navy, there is a reason why you wear every article of clothing that you do.

3. My job is not that important. According to my sales, I do not clothe the masses but I do like that I play some small part in something so big. Clothing has to be chosen for life-altering events such as weddings, job interviews, funerals, etc...it is not something you can ignore and I like that.

Maybe it's not a first love, but it could be in my top five...behind the kitty cats of course.