Adornment
The first people I observed were two girls eating lunch together. They were chatting and laughing with each other while eating their meals. They seemed to be looking over a piece of paper together, so they could have been studying for a test or discussing a homework assignment. They were both wearing headscarves, so from this I can assume that they care about their culture and where they come from. The headscarves demonstrate make me believe that they value their culture and are not afraid to let people know this.
I also observed a girl who was watching something on her laptop while eating lunch. She was wearing black pants, a jean top, and slip on sneakers. She had a backpack sitting by her feet, so I am assuming that she is a college student passing time before her next class. From the way she was dressed I assume that she cared about her appearance, but also wanted to be comfortable. She looked put together, but did not look like she spent hours thinking about what to wear, or doing her hair and make up. For the time that I observed her, she appeared to be very relaxed and content. She was eating and watching something on her laptop the entire time I was watching her, she did not appear to be bored or wanting to do something else.
The third person I observed was another girl using a laptop. She was wearing what I believe to be a very casual outfit. She was in running shoes and shorts, a tank top that looked like one would work out in, and a sports bra. She had her hair tied back in a ponytail and a headband on. From her outfit I assumed that she either had just worked out or wanted to be very comfortable that day. On the day that I did my observations, it was 80 degrees out so I think that the reason she could have been wearing this outfit was because she knew that throughout the day she would be getting very hot, and this outfit appeared to be very breezy and lose fitting.
Hi Kylee, you observed these three people specifically, and I also believe they are students. I want to do some supplement of the first two students. The first people who wore headscarves, I believe they are Moslem. For Moslem, women can`t expose some parts of their bodies, at least hair. Maybe some people think they are conservative, but when they could laughed at public place, they were freely to do what they like. And for the second student, you say she wore a jean top. I don`t think it is comfortable to wear it, because jean is very hard and has less elasticity. What I think about is that the girl must be very cool and she yearns for freedom and wild character, because when we talk about jeans we consider the cowboys, it is very cool.
It’s a pretty interesting article. When I observed person along the street, I always find something surprised me. I think the third person you observed must be love worked out very much. The clothes she dressed looks like she will want to gym or have been worked out already. So I believe she love sports or may cares her figure or cares her health. And these two weeks are midterm week, I believe the second girls is focus on studying an did not have time to dress up.