<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Do college kids wear military clothing in college? Is it considered to be a sign of your special personal characterists, leadership, practicality, anything else? Because I know that in some countries wearing military clothing is considered to be a sign that you belong to some Nazi-like organizations. Is it the case in the US?</p>
<p>the only people i know who ever wear military clothing are ROTC people, and only on days when they have to.</p>
<p>Um…interestingly worded question. Are you talking about wearing bomber jackets or dog tags as a fashion statement? Or did you serve in the army, or are you in ROTC?</p>
<p>Nope, I am just interested in it.
I am not saying that one would wear the full clothing of a US soldier, including a helmet, a huge bagpack and those necklaces with steel labels. LOL. What I am interested in is if wearing camouflage or khaki trousers, shirts, hats, NATO style sweaters (<a href=“http://www.indigoclothing.com/Knitwear/Nato_Style_Sweater_L402/[/url]”>http://www.indigoclothing.com/Knitwear/Nato_Style_Sweater_L402/</a>) is OK.</p>
<p>Different color camo clothes seem to be in and out at certain times. I occassionally wore my military coat until it got stolen! But it does happen, and you would not be looked at strangely in the least. As long as you don’t wear a beret.</p>
<p>Thats not true, you will be looked at weirdly, especially with that dumb sweater. I always see people as white trash or skin heads when they wear like camo shorts and big boots. I wouldnt wear that stuff, super corny.</p>
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Well, beret is kinda silly, but by the way, is Jamie Hyneman (<a href=“http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html[/url]”>http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html</a>) from MythBusters considered to be a strange guy?</p>
<p>Having visited many colleges over the last four years, I would say the style dominating most campus (campi) is “just woke up and I’m late for class”. Most students wear what is confortable for them, girls included. Dress up is for the weekend social life, not chem 101.</p>
<p>If you want to wear a NATO sweater I say go ahead. I showed my friend and she thought it was actually kind of cool, haha. It might get strange looks, but I doubt anybody will think ‘Nazi’. It is also fine to wear Army t-shirs and hats or camo. Now if you dress /too/ militantly, there is a stereotype associated with the camo pants, big boots, crew cut look (skinhead, neo-nazi, whatever)…but if you want to throw in an item here and there with a pair of regular pants and shoes, go for it. I would just be careful about overdoing it.</p>
<p>Your fashion sense is your own, don’t let people stop you from expressing yourself with your clothes just because they think it’s not cool or something.</p>
<p>Hyneman’s dress is different from most, but would not get too many strange looks. </p>
<p>Wear whatever you feel comfortable in.</p>
<p>there are always military fashion in the female clothing stores. for guys I just see cami stuff. plus this season the sailor look seems to be in style according to magazines and the fact that I always see it at the mall.</p>
<p>whatever you do, dont have your wardrobe consit solely of that type of clothing. throughout hs, there was definately an automatic prejudice against people who would wear that type of clothing. if you own just that jacket, or MAYBE a pair of those pants/shorts, you might be okay. just make sure you have enough other clothes to kindof “out weigh” the military stuff.</p>
<p>People might mistake you for being in the military, but unless you have your head shaved, I doubt many people will think you are a neo-nazi.</p>
<p>I have been wearing combat boots and a USAF logo baseball cap. (I wear long pants, so the boots don’t show that much.) Most people don’t say anything. I have gotten a couple compliments on the boots though, lol. (I going to the AF Academy, so most of my friends take the hat and boots for granted.)</p>
<p>People won’t think you’re a neo-Nazi unless you give them reason to. You have to try and look like a neo-Nazi to have people think you are one.</p>