Reacting to my First Year "Quad Style" As A Fourth Year
I guess you could call this meta, a full circle, or just growth …. But I find it crazy that, as a fourth year, I now get to look back at my own Quad Style from three years ago and laugh at it like it was yesterday.
My opinions on this Quad Style have changed more than my own style has - and that’s saying a lot - from thinking of it as so innovative and creative in terms of my outfits, to making fun of it in a cringe way, to now looking back at it and finding it innocent and sweet. Why would I make fun of myself and my style three years ago when I know I am going to look back at my style now in three years and also find it funny and cringe? At the end of the day, I was just having a good time expressing myself, and I know I will continue to do this no matter if I’m wearing 2019 Urban Outfitters or 2022 Rick Owens.
To start off, I wanted to thank my friend Matthew Sumera, who employed me for this photoshoot in the first place. My own cringe feelings about this shoot have nothing to do with his creative direction for it; it is all about my own self-awareness.
Now that that’s covered, I’d like to continue by rating the outfits I wore during my Quad Style:
Outfit One: The Red Unif sweater + Urban Outfitters cargo pants… 5./10
I would say this is a classic Freshman year fit for me: comfy and warm, but still a bit obnoxious and loud. While I believe that cargo pants are still my vibe, and I’m not too disappointed by this sweater, I don’t exactly love this silhouette, at least on myself. I do enjoy how the white pants reflect the “bisexual lighting” in the Smart museum though.
I think what I would change about this outfit is the silhouette… I am more into baggy, oversized clothing these days, and although these pants are not exactly tight, I would be curious to see this outfit in a more oversized silhouette…
Outfit 2: Leopard print turtle neck + layered tank top + green pants: 3/10
A mess. I don’t think I’d ever wear as many patterns or colors anymore but I guess it was an experiment that .. mostly went wrong. To be honest, I would probably wear most of these items still, but on their own. I also am not the biggest fan of the green wash of these jeans.
Although I am still a layers kind of girl, I once again am disappointed about the silhouette of this outfit. I think I am no longer into high wasted pants, so that is probably putting me off the most.
Outfit 3: Unif color block shirt + denim jacket + jeans: 4/10
The light wash denim is putting me off: I don’t think I would wear this color denim anymore, and much less double denim of this light wash. I also am not the biggest fan of the fit of these jeans, as I have stated earlier, I have been more into looser fitting bottoms recently. As for the shirt, though, I still find it to be cute, and I like how the colors match my hair.
Naturally, what I would change about this outfit is the wash of the jeans to a darker shade, as well as the fit of the pants to be more loose fitting.
Outfit 4: One Direction T-Shirt layered over Harley Davidson tie dye shirt + black jeans: 7/10
I knew what I was doing with this outfit and I understood the irony of it all. I knew a One Direction shirt would be a funny thing to include into my Quad Style and I gotta say I slayed it. Still a 7/10 though just because I wouldn’t wear this anymore…. I am on my post-ironic era now I guess. Overall, however, I do like this silhouette more than the ones in the other outfits, which is why I rated it higher than the others.
All in all, I would like to thank Matthew and MODA for letting me have this opportunity to show off my silly little outfits, and, while I don’t regret putting myself out there in this way, I do think that I have maintained some parts of my style throughout the years by reminding myself to not take anything too seriously!
