Cowboy boots, black hoodies,
scarves, converse shoes, and skinny
jeans. Each of these fashion statements
probably spark a picture
in your mind, or dare I say a type
of person. Does the music you
are around effect the clothes you
wear? With all of the options teens
have to access new and different
music, it is only fair to assume that
seeing these people and their fame
makes us want the same. Do we really
dress according to our music?
“100% yes,” Said country fan and
Centennial Senior, David Laing.
“I wear cowboy boots and shirts,
because it reflects the person I
want to be, it’s inspirational.”
It seems all different genres’ fan
can agree that the musicians are a
symbol of success and stature. Indie
kids, metal kids, scream/ emo
kids, grunge rockers, and rapper
wanna-bes seem to section off,
common interest with common
interest.
“I started out listening to Avril
Lavinge back in the day,” said fellow
senior Laura Wiski, “and it all
grew from there.”
It seems as if when we do not
want to believe it, we all dress toward
a certain type of trend, call
it peer pressure or just call it high
school.
Laughing Ryan Lyk said, “Yeah,
I dress kind of in the emo/scene
style but I like it.”
Anything other than a segregated,
cliché high school would seem
like the twilight zone. We need the
separation to keep the status quo
in check. Mixing of the students is
attempted but step into the lunch
room and you will see exactly what
option and society does. We may
choose the music we listen to but in
reality does the music really choose
us? Are we truly the demographic
the music “plays” to?
I can not help but wonder why
this happens. I still firmly believe
that the music we choose, in turn
chooses who we become. Everyone
needs to find someone to relate
to and at our age, teenage angst
lyrics seem to say it best.