If anyone knows me I am a proud supporter of the baseball hat, sweatshirt, jeans, and cowboy boots or Converse. Or if its not black I probably won't wear it and makeup only consists of foundation and mascara. I'm also not one to dress up unless there is a special occasion. I recently saw a video of people taking on their fashion fears for a week and thought I'd try and do the same. But unlike that trial, I figure I'd try and face five fashion fears I have for five days. I went through and wrote out what I felt uncomfortable wearing, and picked five to try. These are my experiences and what I have learned from it.

Day One: Rip Jeans

I have a pair of ripped jeans that I love and they are surprisingly comfortable. I don't like to wear them very often because I always fear that I am going to rip them more. I also always fear people are going to look at me weird because they are only ripped at the knees. I decided to wear these jeans with a boot wedge heels to dress them up a bit so I didn't look like an angsty teen if I wore them with Converse. I definitely got looks as I walked across campus that day. After my classes that day I was a bit discourage for the next day.

Day Two: Color Jeans

When I get jeans I go for a dark waste jean nine out of ten times. One time I bought a pair of maroon skinny jeans on whim because they were on sale (60% off). I bought, put them in my dresser, and forgot about them until I was digging through my dresser. They still had all the tags on them until I wore them on this day. I dressed them up with boot wedges and a scarf. This day was better than the first day. I felt a bit more confident being out and about. I was able to walk with my head held high this time.

Day Three: Wear a Dress

I think I picked the worst day to wear a dress. It was freezing all day, so I put on knee highs to help keep me warm. Still, I think this is the best look so far. My dress was comfy and it had pockets! I'm defiantly going to wear this dress again and more dresses because it was so comfortable. Though it did have its draw backs I picked a really cold day to wear it, remembering to sit "lady-like," and the wind wasn't my friend that day.

Day Four: Wear Red Lipstick

This was an epic fail for me. I don't like to wear make up and especially lipstick. I tried two different shades and both made me feel like a clown. I took it off before I even left for the day. I've tried wearing other colors and there not as bad on me like a deep pink but red lipstick is not my color.

Day Five: Wear A Crop Top

The crop top may have been my favorite look. The top was overly short but enough to be. I felt really great wearing it and it didn't make be feel the need to "hid" like I thought it might make me. It was even horizontal stripes and I don't like to wear them because they make feel wide, but I didn't get that with this top.

From this five day experience I learned that I am more open to dressing up then I thought I was. Am I going to continue to do this everyday? Most likely not, dressing comfortable is way easier when you have to wake up for an eight a.m. But I am going to take more risk in my purchases although. I'm going to try to be more open to color instead of relying on black, gray, and white like I do. I am also coming out of this experience with more self confidence, because I learned to stop carrying what people think about my looks and care more about how each look makes me feel.

(Holly Phillips)