BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California students have scores of retail stores surrounding the campus from which to choose, but what exactly is the fashion sense here?
On a recent Friday morning, two reporters asked passersby what they saw as trends.
“The style is pretty laid back and casual,” Montse Jungers said. “Not really,” her friend Edin Golome retorted. “It’s a little more than casual. … like semi-formal and comfortable.”
They said that Urban Outfitters and American Apparel are too expensive for college students. But Golome said, “You can find affordable clothes in boutiques around campus.”
The men on campus may not be so observant or aware of the clothes around them. “I really don’t know…I haven’t shopped around in years,” Carl Kumbire said, laughing. “I don’t shop around campus. But I’ve noticed that people throughout Berkeley do whatever [they want] more than in other cities.”