Sometimes I feel like I bring the most ridiculous situations upon myself. If you ask any sophomore fashion major here who abuses color the most, they would probably point in my direction and shudder. I'll admit, I have a problem. I don't see it going away anytime soon.
For the longest time I struggled at Pratt trying to bring up my taste-level. Freshmen year I feel like I completely ignored certain part of myself in order to try and be more like some of the other girls. But the thing that I've learned about aesthetic is that you can't change it. It comes from within. Of course, the more you learn about the world around you, the broader your scope becomes, but, honestly, I don't see the point of neutral colors.
Clown Couture
The Pratt senior fashion show was Thursday (I wasn't able to attend due to the monstrosity above...finals suck) and there was much controversy surrounding the new way it's being handled. Almost half the graduating class got cut from the show when in years past, less then a hand full did. My class is almost twice the size of this year's class. I can't help but think that I'm at a major disadvantage with the sheer numbers and my questionable taste. It's a weird thing to have lingering in my mind when I still have a year standing between me and my senior thesis, but it is.
It's funny, really. I chose Pratt because of the artistic community. I'm an artist first and foremost (or at least I used to be) and although competition is a large part of "making it" in the world, I'm not paying to compete with my classmates; I'm paying the hefty Pratt price tag for a smaller fashion department, a larger community, and a campus. If I wanted to be surrounded by fashion competition, I would have gone to Parsons or FIT. The only one I'm here to compete with is myself. Education is about improving oneself. I'll compete when I'm getting paid to do it. I guess it's the Gen Y-er in me that makes me feel so entitled... But at the same time, I feel like Pratt may be the one that's losing sight of what's important (the students).
"I don't care that you've started wearing down.
You better step it up, step it up. The timing is right.
The only one you're fighting is staring in the mirror.
You better make it work, make it work.
The timing is right and it's only a test, it's only a test."
This is turning into a much more glum post than I had originally anticipated and I am far from a gloomy mood, I'm just incredibly opinionated and it's that time of year when everyone has a negative outlook on life.
omg word to ALL of the above. competing wiff myself all day err day. love you and our questionable color taste...if both of us by some chance, get into the show senior year i'll wear my madeline blouse and you can wear that as a look how far we've come ;)
YES, color pride 4eva. I am going to hold you to this, just so you know. Love your Madeline blouse!! (and you have to pair it with that gored skirt. You're the orig clown couturier of class 2014)
omg word to ALL of the above. competing wiff myself all day err day.
ReplyDeletelove you and our questionable color taste...if both of us by some chance, get into the show senior year i'll wear my madeline blouse and you can wear that as a look how far we've come ;)
YES, color pride 4eva. I am going to hold you to this, just so you know. Love your Madeline blouse!! (and you have to pair it with that gored skirt. You're the orig clown couturier of class 2014)
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