Don’t slack; wear slacks

As if their inexpensive status and the lethargic impression they give wasn’t enough, many college students still choose to wear them. Sweatpants are meant to extend that level of comfort.

Some young women, whether they sport their sweats around campus or the city, team them with athletic shirts or sweatshirts and thick neon nylon headbands holding their cone-head ponytails from out of their face.

If they made the effort to pull their hair out of their faces, the least they could do is throw on a pair of jeans too – even the ones with those old holes in them.

Remember when sweatpants were the “warm up” gear for the gym, or the “quick errand” outfit from home to the grocery store? These are exceptions to the rule.

Sweatpants were originally designed for pregnant woman, the obese and people who hit up Wal-Mart because they’ve got nothing else to do and have given up on life.

It’s like sweatpants are automatically associated with the word “fat.”

These people are lazy, and specifically choose sweatpants to be lazy in.

Therefore, people should realize that the non-lazy should not latch onto this idea that they are in any way acceptable.

Who doesn’t associate sweatpants with fat?

Even celebrities are mocked and exploited in magazines such as Us Weekly and In Touch Weekly for wearing sweatpants and “lazy” clothing outside of their mansions and apartments.

The fact that it is strange to see celebrities sporting sweats must be an indication that it is not fashionably acceptable.

Ashley Tisdale rocking her designer sweatpants is just a more fancy way of saying she is lazy, since she has to worry about the tabloids.

Hopefully the horrendous side-long glances, the awful paparazzi pictures taken will put these “sweaty” people in their place.

Camel-toes are one of the many dangers of hopping on the sweatpants bandwagon as well.

Since females participate in the sweatpants fad with the nylon sweatbands, (and camel-toes are in direct association with women), they should shy away from this “fashion” decision.

Natalie Portman, cute as she is, had a rough moment in public with rolled up sweatpants and leggings underneath them. She reached the camel-toe point as well.

The sweatpants craze has also hit the lines of some famous clothing stores among women today.

Unfortunately, the fashion world for both young girls and women has been affected by Victoria Secret’s Pink line of clothing which features Capri sweatpants in a variety of colors, also with a variety in design and sayings.

On another note, in both health classes and interview preparatory classes, students have been taught that first impressions and appearances do matter.

Personalities, interests and desires matter too, but the appearance is the first thing that the outside world sees of people.

No matter what people say, they are judged based on looks first.

Women should know this of all people, they’re the ones that spend hours after hours staring in the mirror, showering, primping their hair and picking out the perfect outfit for a date.

In health class, talking about self-esteem was a noteworthy issue.

How you feel about yourself is rather important.

So, why not heighten your self-esteem by getting out of bed, taking off the sweats you slept in, and putting on jeans, a nice shirt, and doing your hair instead of just throwing it up with that neon yellow headwrap.

If people disregard their potential professional or generally nice appearance for something that is comfortable, they risk looking lazy, apathetic or just pathetic.

So, I ask again, how hard is it really, to take off your pajamas and put on a pair of slacks?

Really, you’d look much more fabulous.