{"id":9806,"date":"2012-11-15T09:16:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2014-08-14T12:16:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:16:29","slug":"just-express-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/2012\/11\/15\/just-express-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Express Yourself!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is one thing that I hear time and time again: the majority of students at FIT feel like they&#8217;re able to express themselves and wear whatever they want when they come here. This is the great thing about FIT; the people that come here don&#8217;t feel judged or pressured to look a certain way. Even some girls I was talking to today were saying how they look forward to coming to FIT every Saturday because they can get &#8220;dressed up&#8221; and wear stuff that won&#8217;t make them feel like an outsider, as it would at their regular high schools.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s wonderful, how FIT lets people feel this way unintentionally. I mean, FIT&#8217;s a school, so it doesn&#8217;t talk or have feelings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>However, I don&#8217;t see the reason why people don&#8217;t express themselves in\u00a0<em>regular\u00a0<\/em>school or at home as they do at FIT. I admit, a while back I didn&#8217;t always think like this, but now I&#8217;m realizing that the way I dress at home and at FIT aren&#8217;t much different. I want everyone to be like this. It goes to show how people truly aren&#8217;t themselves at home since FIT brings out a person&#8217;s &#8220;real self&#8221;. Just aim for your &#8220;FIT self&#8221; and &#8220;home self&#8221; to be the same person. That&#8217;s all I have to say.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on to the fun stuff! This week in my fashion merchandising class our decade project was due. I chose the 90&#8217;s, wrote a report and created a powerpoint on the 90&#8217;s influences, trends, blah blah blah. Additionally, I dressed up as my decade. I wore velvet leggings, a plaid flannel, band tee and platform shoes. Oh and a hair scrunchie!<\/p>\n<p>Next week in my fabric styling class we are going to Mood and I am just a bit excited. I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ve never been there, Mood to a fashion student is like peanut butter to jelly \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM.png');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9812\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"901\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM.png 901w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2012\/11\/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-10.25.23-AM-440x300.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fashionably Truly,<\/p>\n<p>Michaela<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is one thing that I hear time and time again: the majority of students at FIT feel like they&#8217;re able to express themselves and wear whatever they want when they come here. This is the great thing about FIT; the people that come here don&#8217;t feel judged or pressured to look a certain way. 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