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<p>In that case - even I would be proud to wear that pink and black ;)</p>
<p>I get to proudly wear purple and gold - hunter green and navy blue - and a couple of other ones that at least compliment those LOL - and GREEN - OOO and throw in some good ole’ RED WHITE AND BLUE - and I am one happy camper :)</p>
<p>Hey, there are “red-brick” colleges in England with chartreuse and puce.</p>
<p>eh, I still find the unconditional fannage to be a little troublesome. I can understand wearing your college shirt during college, but ten years later…? When I try to imagine myself wearing such shirts, I can’t help but feel dirty. That I’m somehow creating this border between my pride and others who didn’t attend x school. </p>
<p>In summary, I find it to be a lame excuse for an ego boost. Those who attended these schools don’t wear things solely for the sake of wearing them. There has to be some motive that is independent from their “pride.” From their, “school spirit.” </p>
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<p>Maybe not impress, but certainly create a nice temporary ego boost. At least, that’s what it would do for me. : )</p>
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<p>Sometimes - there are bucs left on student cards that have to be spent - can’t be carried over to next semester - thus the bookstore is a convenient way to spend them 
At least that is how we acquired some of ours LOL</p>
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<p>OK MINI - that really gave me a good chuckle LOL</p>
<p>This is the reason I hardly own any paraphernalia except sleepwear. It just isn’t worth dealing with people’s attitudes. I want to go to the gym in peace.</p>
<p>I got a nice sweatshirt from the Simon school (business school at the University of Rochester) after teaching some interviewing workshops there - I thought it was a nice gesture, and I just about wore that shirt out, it was so comfy…I was proud to have helped students there, even though I got my own MBA down the road at RIT.</p>
<p>Now I wear my Lafayette hoodie when I interview applicants, more so that they could recognize me when they arrive than for any bragging rights - the people at Starbucks must think that is the only shirt I own!!</p>
<p>HSISOVERATED - wonder how you feel about those who ‘wear the shirt’ … but never went there - and no family member went there - but wears the shirt just because it was there to put on.</p>
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<p>How do you know the person you saw wearing the Harvard shirt even went to Harvard? As many on this thread have stated, it is common to wear college shirts given as gifts by family members and friends. Whether he is a Harvard graduate or not, it is unlikely he wore the shirt to boost his ego or annoy others.</p>
<p>I can say it is absolutely acceptable to wear school gear on campus at my d’s school. In fact, it seems every other student coming down the pathway at UNC is wearing Carolina Blue. I’ve never seen anything like it (and I live just a few miles down the road from Texas A&M). It is not considered uncool, or snotty, or anything negative…other than a subtle reminder there is the ‘right’ color of blue in the Triangle…
(Even my winky guy is the ‘right’ color of blue…lol)</p>
<p>I wear my Princeton shirts sweaters… plus I wear my other friends from different colleges T-shirts since I received them as gifts. What is your hang-up about it HSisOverated?</p>
<p>My college S only wears tshirts from his school or school organizations he is involved with. Ironically, this is the kid who refused to wear any logo clothing as a child, no nike, addidas, etc, just plain, solid color tees. Must like his college…</p>
<p>You can visit the pink-and-black here:</p>
<p>[Varsity</a> Shop College](<a href=“http://www.varsityshop.co.uk/acatalog/College.html]Varsity”>http://www.varsityshop.co.uk/acatalog/College.html)</p>
<p>(as well as some of those inferior places. ;))</p>
<p>Note that a real college scarf would NEVER have the emblem or name of the college on it - that would only be for the tourists (or for student’s mother).</p>
<p>Well, in that case, I guess it would be ok for me to wear clothes that illustrate how awesomely smart I am. I’m thinking a simple white t-shirt with, “145 IQ” written in bold letters…back and front of course.</p>
<p>are you thinking you won’t be recognized as intelligent if you don’t have a sweatshirt from a prestigious school, or that others are trying to proclaim their intelligence by wearing same?
IQ isn’t really an accomplishment- its like saying I have RED HAIR or my parents were from Missouri.
I expect my daughter was born with her IQ ( 160 BTW ), but now graduating high school and college * that* is an accomplishment.
Your IQ is part of you and like other parts of you, either accept it or don’t but do you think people will like you more if they know it?</p>
<p>Certainly there are those who wear shirts who want to shout “look at me! I * like* the Yankees!”- but others are out of clean clothes or they are headed to a game.</p>
<p>My D doesn’t wear her college sweatshirts- but she doesn’t like pullovers, she left them here & I wear them. She does wear tshirts from her college from events she participated in & I make a point to wear shirts from my Ds high school when I go to games, but I try not to 2nd guess why others are wearing school shirts.</p>
<p>H’s alma mater is going through a name change, so he stocked up on clothing w/the old logo and name. Proudly wears the “old stuff”. Not too fond of the new name.</p>
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<p>In this case, the wearer is bragging about how they can still fit in their clothing from 10+ years ago. Believe me, this is a far more important ego boost than where you went to college.</p>
<p>In my opinion, wearing a college shirt is only tacky when you’re visiting colleges with your prospective freshman and one of you is wearing the shirt from the place you visited yesterday (i.e., a Cornell shirt at Columbia or vice versa).</p>
<p>As for state university shirts, vast numbers of people wear them who were never students at the state university. It’s a way of expressing support for the sports teams. Here in Maryland, Maryland Terrapins shirts are just as common as Baltimore Orioles shirts. And when it comes to the styles that have only the logo and not the name, they’re just as confusing. When I first moved here, I couldn’t figure out why all these big macho guys were wearing shirts with cartoon turtles or cute little birdies on them.</p>
<p>* case, the wearer is bragging about how they can still fit in their clothing from 10+ years ago. Believe me, this is a far more important ego boost than where you went to college.*</p>
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<p>Because I consider it to be elitism masked with the excuse of “I worked hard for this”. Hiding your desire to be a tool behind a curtain of accomplishment is wear my hang up comes from. </p>
<p>I can’t stand those who impose their accomplishments on me, whether it be through subtleties like stamped shirts or luxury cars posterized with the owners source of wealth.</p>
<p>It’s like professing your admiration for a politician through physical outlets, usually clothing or posters. What’s the point??</p>
<p>I classify that under the same people who feel it is necessary to have their music bursting on Interstate 5. Perhaps they believe everyone else shares their taste in garbage…</p>
<p>Well, my high school senior daughter wears sweatshirts from both of her brother’s colleges; she “borrowed” her mom’s sweatshirt from the college my wife and I attended, and she also wears an Ivy League one a former boyfriend gave her for some reason (he didn’t go there, either.) I wouldn’t read too much into it. And I remember trying to strike up a conversation in Italy back in the 80’s with a guy wearing a “Yale” sweatshirt only to realize that he (a) spoke no English and (b) probably had never even seen a picture of Yale, let alone gone to school there. </p>
<p>On the other hand… We went to a Harvard football game last fall (a former neighbor is on the team) and when walking around pre-game (nice tailgate scene there) passed a guy behind the stadium in his 30s? 40s? (I wasn’t paying much attention) who was perched on a Porsche with a vanity license plate which read “HARVARD.” And yeah, my daughter told me later that when she and a freshman girl she was hanging out with passed by he tried to get them to come over and have a beer with him. My daughter’s verdict: “Yuk.”</p>
<p>MINI - I love the old world designs - those are awesome - and interesting as well when one really looks at what the crests stand for.</p>
<p>KLUGE - now that I might agree with ^^ - just a bit over the top - pretty egocentric I would say LOL</p>
<p>HSISOVERRATED - well to each his own - enjoy your wardrobe - but don’t insult what others choose to wear - if you don’t like it - or it bothers you - you may have to look the other way.</p>
<p>I guess my style of college regalea (and Red Sox/Patriots goodies) blend quite well with my LL Bean style too LOL</p>